Packet Pushers

APRIL 22, 2024

Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE, combines SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security services including next-gen firewall, CASB, secure web gateway, and others. You can mix and match your SD-WAN and cloud security, but today Rajesh Kari from Palo Alto Networks is here to advocate for the benefits of their single-vendor option.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Edge computing and the distributed cloud both cracked Gartners Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020 , reminding me of a recent discussion on the challenges enterprises face when securing the modern WAN. Traditional firewall security simply cant keep up with the challenges created by these new network paradigms. Lets find out.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 18, 2022

You may be familiar with the concept of localized versus centralized policies that exist within legacy SD-WAN architectures, but Catos cloud-native SASE architecture simplifies configuration and policy delivery across all capabilities from a true single management application.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This blog post highlights four of the most prominent onesbased on real experiences from Catos manufacturing customersand how SASE helps tackle them head-on. Instead, a modern, cloud-based solution is needed. SASE overcomes the challenges that manufacturers face, enabling them to focus on the opportunity that Industry 4.0

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2025

Cato-deployed intrusion prevention system (IPS) signatures in the Cato SASE Cloud Platform block this attack, protecting all Cato-connected edges sites, remote users, and cloud resources. Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report | Get the Report!

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Enter Cato SASE Cloud, a cloud-native platform that converges networking and security into a unified solution, transforming the way businesses operate. With Cato SASE Cloud, IT leaders can deliver measurable outcomes for their organizations while also delivering on strategic business value.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2021

Firewalls Evolve Over the Years Before the UTM, there was the basic firewall. All traffic passed through the firewall for basic inspection of security policies based on network information such as the type of protocol or the source/destination addresses.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This phenomenon is highly applicable to many IT transformations such as cloud migration and move to hybrid work, but even more so to SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). The Tactical Start The ripple effect of SASE often starts small, typically focused on a single use case like modernizing WAN infrastructure.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When those teams are in lockstep and ready to change, SASE adoption is the logical evolution. SSE is the half of secure access service edge (SASE) focusing on the convergence of security services; networking convergence forms the other half of SASE. SASE vs SD-WAN Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook Why Is SSE Important?

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CATO Networks

JULY 24, 2023

SASE = SD-WAN + SSE. This simple equation has become a staple of SASE marketing and thought leadership. It identifies two elements that underpin SASE , namely the network access technology ( SD-WAN ) and secure internet access ( Security Service Edge (SSE) ). The answer is: a cloud network. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Introduction Since Gartner introduced the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category in 2019, interest from enterprises has grown substantially. SASE transforms enterprise IT through the convergence of enterprise networking and network security into a single, cloud-native, service. Questions SASE market overview 1.

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Packet Pushers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast were diving into SASE, which provides firewalling, Web filtering, and more as a cloud-delivered service. Today on the Tech Bytes podcast were diving into SASE, which provides firewalling, Web filtering, and more as a cloud-delivered service.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Migration of applications to the cloud had been going on for a decade, offloading complex datacenter operations away from IT, and in that way increasing business resiliency and agility. However, the migration of other pillars of IT infrastructure, such as networking and security, to the cloud is a newer trend.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2022

WE will offer Catos proven and mature SASE platform to enterprises of all sizes. By leveraging Catos SASE platform, WE can rapidly deploy a wide range of networking and security capabilities across locations, users, and applications to enable customers digital transformation journeys. No capacity planning is needed.

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CATO Networks

JULY 17, 2021

When Gartner introduced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in 2019, it caught the market by surprise. Unlike many advancements in technology, SASE wasnt a new networking capability, or an answer to an unsolved security mystery. Why was the SASE architecture such a challenge for them?

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Firewalls – the foundation of an organizations network security strategy – filters network traffic and can enforce an organizations security rules. By limiting the traffic that enters and leaves or enters an organizations network, a firewall can dramatically reduce its vulnerability to data breaches and other cyberattacks.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Enter SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), a revolutionary architecture that converges networking and security into a single, cloud-native platform. For retailers looking to stay ahead of the curve, adopting a true SASE platform is not just advantageousit’s essential. SASE For Different Verticals | Get the Report!

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

One of these new innovations technologies is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). What is SASE? SASE is an enterprise networking and security category that converges network and security technologies into a single, cloud-native service. SASE can connect any network: the internet, MPLS, cellular networks and more.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As the volume of network traffic increases and a growing percentage is encrypted, traditional network firewalls are falling behind, creating unnecessary tradeoffs between network performance and security. Solution Convergence: SASE solutions converge a full network security stack into a single solution.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The burden of managing a growing number of endpoints, networks, and cloud servicescombined with constant threats of cyberattackscan lead to IT burnout. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solves many of these challenges. SASE platforms offer automated patch management and security updates as part of their cloud-native design.

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CATO Networks

JULY 4, 2023

At Cato Networks, we also feel the need for speed, and while were not breaking the sound barrier at 30,000 feet, we did just break the SASE speed barrier (again!). Earlier last month, we announced that Cato reached a new SASE throughput record , achieving 5 Gbps on a single encrypted tunnel with all security inspections fully enabled.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the recent Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact Radar: Communications, 1 Gartner expanded our understanding of what it means to be a SASE platform. There are components of SASE, such as some of the networking features with SD-WAN, that reside on-premises, but everything that can be served from cloud edge should be.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With the rise of cloud computing, remote work, and Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices, cyber threat actors have many potential targets for their attacks. For example, an organization may augment firewall security solutions with the threat prevention capabilities of an intrusion prevention system.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Of late, theres talk about using multiple vendors to deliver a SASE solution. But is that what SASE is all about? As the article points out, Gartner analysts defined SASE as a single, vendor cloud-native platform. We refer to it as the secure access service edge and it is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Companies are increasingly adopting cloud infrastructure, remote and hybrid work models, and Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. The Upside-Down World of Networking & Security | Webinar Firewall Management is a Major Chore Closing these security gaps requires the ability to reduce security teams workloads to a manageable level.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 1, 2025

Businesses entering this vast market often face three primary obstacles: Slow and inconsistent access to essential cloud tools like Microsoft 365 and Salesforce. The Great Firewall, designed to monitor and control cross-border data, slows down applications disrupts performance and create packet loss.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Of the many options out there, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is ideally suited to supporting all aspects of a corporate cyber risk management program. By consistently enforcing security policies and blocking attacks across the entire corporate WAN, SASE dramatically reduces an organizations cybersecurity risk.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 2, 2023

This is something that MPLS does not provide because it cannot support the cloud evolution that the manufacturing industry is experiencing. With SASE, manufacturers can overcome the above mentioned challenges that plagues many factories during their digital transformation journey.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

With the widespread adoption of cloud services and remote work, and the broadening distribution of applications and employees away from traditional corporate locations, organizations require a more flexible and scalable approach to network security. Starting with SSE necessitates having an SSE provider with a smooth migration path to SASE.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

Last December, Network World published a thoughtful guide outlining the questions IT organizations should be asking when evaluating SASE platforms. It was an essential list that should be included in any SASE evaluation. In short, Cato provides all of the core SASE capabilities identified by NWW. If not, where are the gaps?

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 30, 2020

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is the new, shiny toy of networking and security providers. Defined in 2019 by Gartner, SASE is a new, converged, cloud-native, elastic, and global architecture that will dominate the way enterprises deliver a broad set of networking and security capabilities. How does SASE achieve that?

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Our founders didnt just help build the first commercial firewall (Shlomo Kramer) they also built one of the global cloud networks (Gur Shatz). The teams they lead and have built the tools and processes to lead in both domains, which is whats required in this world of SASE. Both approaches compromise the SASE solution.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 11, 2022

Understanding SASE is tricky because it has no new cool feature. Rather, SASE is an architectural shift that fundamentally changes how common networking and security capabilities are delivered to users, locations, and applications globally. Some developed missing components, such as adding SD-WAN capability to a firewall appliance.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 15, 2022

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is an enterprise networking and security service that converges SD-WAN with multiple security functions – including FWaaS, CASB, DLP, SWG, and ZTNA – into a converged, cloud-native service that is manageable, optimized, secure and easy to use.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That is the innovation of SASE. When Gartner defined the market for the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) last year, we had already seen all its networking and security functions on the market. We already had firewalls and UTMs. Convergence. We had mobile access solutions. We had SD-WAN and networking.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Gartner has long been clear about the core capabilities that comprise a SASE solution. And as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Single-Vendor SASE , Cato meets those capabilities delivering SWG, CASB, ZTNA, SD-WAN, FWaaS, and Malware inspection all at line-rate operation even when decrypting traffic.

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CATO Networks

JULY 3, 2024

SASE is all about strategically solving business problems. Can you actually build a cloud network that will replace MPLS circuits with decades of proven reliability? Can you actually build a cloud network that will replace MPLS circuits with decades of proven reliability? (We Consistency. Autonomous operation.

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