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Network Security and Direct Internet Access: The Foundation of MPLS WAN Transformation

CATO Networks

We were a bit surprised to find out that secure, direct Internet access was the top driver. We expected other drivers, such as MPLS cost reduction, eliminating bandwidth constraints, or optimizing cloud access, to be at the top of the list. Why is security such a big deal with SD-WAN?

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Software-defined Infrastructure:The convergence of Networking, Security and Cloud-based Software

CATO Networks

Like any other service provider, IT needs to move at the speed of its customers (the business) and adapt to emerging requirements including Cloud access, mobile connectivity, data security and more. Lets start with the network. SD-WAN is effective because it is self-contained (i.e. Is this event possible without custom hardware?

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Implementing a Cost-aware Cloud Networking Infrastructure

Kentik

What is cloud networking? Cloud networking is the IT infrastructure necessary to host or interact with applications and services in public or private clouds, typically via the internet. Why is cloud networking important? The resulting network can be considered multi-cloud.

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Advanced Network Security Technologies

CATO Networks

Since the release of Gartners Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) last April, ZTNA has been one of the biggest buzzwords in network security, and for good reason. A policy of zero trust helps enterprises limit exposure to the myriad of threats facing the modern network. Lets find out.

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Firewall as a Service and your biggest network security challenge

CATO Networks

We recently held a webinar focused on educating network professionals about Firewall as a Service (FWaaS). At the beginning of this webinar, we asked the audience what is your biggest challenge running distributed network security today? Last, using appliances requires a business to depend heavily on the vendor for support.

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Where is Network Security headed in 2020?

CATO Networks

Almost 15 years later, the comparison applies perfectly to the state of network security. So, after all the running weve done in the 2010s, where is network security headed in 2020? What WAN security solutions do enterprises need to protect their networks as we kick off the decade?

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Network Security-as-a-Service: beyond the Next Generation Firewall

CATO Networks

This was a critical innovation at a time where vast amounts of traffic moved to the Internet (using ports 80/443), and the ability to apply controls at the port level, was insufficient. Merely 5 years later, the enterprise infrastructure landscape evolved again with the increased usage of public Cloud applications (SaaS).