Akins IT

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Its important to understand how this large scale wireless encryption exploit operates and how you can take preventative measures to protect your network from the KRACK exploit and future security compromises to come. WPA and WPA2, an otherwise ubiquitous wireless encryption standard was at the center of the exploit. Always use a VPN.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 4, 2018

Although it provides a lower-cost solution compared to MPLS, with Internet VPNs there is no SLA regarding performance, and performance guarantee during peak hours. Internet VPNs also require physical appliances, such as routers and firewalls, to be installed and maintained at each location in the enterprise network.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 10, 2023

Why remote access should be a collaboration between network & security | White Paper A VPN Cant Provide Zero Trust The rise of remote and hybrid work has made secure remote access a vital capability for many organizations. Without built-in access controls, VPNs cannot enforce zero trusts least privilege access policies.

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Akins IT

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Use encryption: Try using encrypted email services or install an encryption plugin for your email client to protect the content of your emails from being intercepted or read by unauthorized individuals. When accessing your email from a public Wi-Fi network, use a virtual private network (VPN) to protect your connection.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many companies that already offered VPN services to a small group of remote workers scurried to extend those capabilities to the much larger workforce sequestering at home. With a VPN, all communication between the user and the VPN is encrypted. There is no need to set up regional hubs or VPN concentrators.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2023

Companies looking to provide secure remote access to their off-site employees have largely chosen to expand their existing virtual private network (VPN) deployments. VPNs are ill-suited to meeting modern business needs and will only become less so in the future.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2020

Not only did backhauling remote user cloud traffic add latency to Adrolls cloud user experience , but it also saturated the San Francisco Internet connection and created availability problems, as the San Francisco firewall had no geo-redundancy. Once the VPN on our primary firewall rebooted.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Encrypt Data, Not Just the Tunnel Most remote access solutions create an encrypted point-to-point tunnel to carry the communications payload. The data payload itself must also be encrypted for strong security. VPNs provide point-to-point connectivity. Security is still a considerable concern when VPNs are used.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2020

The same group that was behind a series of attacks on companies using sophisticated malware that encrypts files, known as Sodinokibi or REvil. It is speculated that the attack on Travelex became possible because the company had failed to patch vulnerable VPN servers. We also address the shortcomings of VPNs.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 14, 2025

Strata Strata is the central firewall product of Palo Alto Networks. These firewalls are specifically designed for installation in different environments like data centers, hybrid cloud setups, and remote branches. Types of Licenses Base License: Provides essential firewall functionalities.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Weve all heard of AV and VPN, but there are many more cybersecurity-related acronyms and abbreviations that are worth taking note of. ZTNA Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), also called a software-defined perimeter (SDP), is an alternative to Virtual Private Network (VPN) for secure remote access.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Any SD-WAN should build a virtual overlay of encrypted tunnels between locations. The SD-WAN make configuring this mesh of tunnels simple, managing the encryption keys, creating the tunnels, and automating their full mesh setup. The most common way to deliver threat protection at a branch is to deploy a local firewall or UTM appliance.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Many MPLS customers today add VPN encryption to secure the network. Most often, MPLS configurations backhaul traffic to a datacenter and rely on the firewall at the datacenter to provide security. In reality, VPN is still an option but the connection must be officially registered with the Chinese government.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

However, on the user side, enterprises are grappling with the limitations of VPNs, which were once the go-to solution for secure remote access. The VPN Dilemma VPNs, while effective for basic remote access, often fall short in addressing the evolving security and performance needs of modern enterprises.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2020

Remote Workers Need Network Access Comparable to In-Office Workers To accommodate the sudden surge of home-based workers, network managers might have ordered a slew of new VPN licenses, and maybe even a larger firewall or VPN appliance, to connect people to the corporate network.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SASE merges the network optimization capabilities of SD-WAN with a full security stack, including Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and more. Traffic sent over the VPN acts as if the remote device is directly connected to the network with full access to corporate resources.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

Cato provides a full network security stack, including a next generation firewall, secure web gateway, anti-malware and IPS built into the SLA-backed backbone. Replacing MPLS/VPN circuits with IPsec-over-Internet (or something similar) can drastically reduce your WAN costs. Network security is built into the Cato Cloud.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional VPN solutions enable connectivity for mobile and remote employees but do little to enable the same visibility and control possible on-premises. Routing traffic back through corporate headquarters for auditing isnt a practical solution.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

They encrypt traffic, like any other VPN, but lack the advanced security services necessary for defending against advanced persistent threats, malware penetration, and more. Then there are also the additional security costs that often need to be calculated into the equation. As a rule, SD-WAN appliance do not provide advanced security.

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Kentik

JULY 6, 2017

But the reality is that within most providers both MPLS VPN services and public Internet services ride on the same shared network infrastructure. Now that the traffic is routing over the Internet, encryption becomes a must have. Carrier MPLS services are really expensive bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

MPLS isnt encrypted by default: MPLS relies on the carrier private network for security because the data doesnt flow on the public Internet. Generally speaking, no 3 rd party can be assumed to be 100% safe these days, so encryption should always be used for data in motion. Is MPLS a required component of your WAN strategy?

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Tools such as firewalls, data encryption, two-factor authentication, and a VPN can help, while consistent employee training on best practices for secure remote working is also key.

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Kentik

AUGUST 4, 2017

Also in the news this week, China and Russia both cracked down on VPN usage. China’s Internet Censors Play a Tougher Game of Cat and Mouse (The New York Times) China is known for its Great Firewall as a way to limit content from getting into its citizens’ hands.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

NaaS offerings may include elements such as network switches, routers, gateways and firewalls. Cato Networks operates its own security network as a service (NaaS) providing a range of security services including SWG, FWaaS, VPN, and MDR from its own cloud-based network, writes Futuriom in its Cloud Secure Edge and SASE Trends Report.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2020

By contrast, integrating security and networking solutions, enterprises have to deploy and install separate solutions, such as SD-WAN and firewall appliances. As such, traffic, even encrypted traffic, can be inspected at wire speed regardless of the needed security policies or optimizations. It adds unnecessary latency to the network.

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Network Engineering

JANUARY 1, 2025

Is there some other (easier) way to extract the SK_ei and SK_er keys from a running VM-Series firewall? 2024-12-31 00:35:58.901 -0800 [INFO]: reading config /etc/vpn/ikemgr.conf 2024-12-31 00:35:58.901 -0800 2024-12-31 00:35:58.901 -0800 IKE sched thread: 19878: starting up. Here is the output of less mp-log ikemgr.log in PAN-OS 11.1.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

Current services include a next-gen firewall/VPN, Secure Web Gateway, Advanced Threat Prevention, Cloud and Mobile Access Protection, and a Managed Threat Detection and Response (MDR) service. With Catos SASE platform, branches send data along encrypted tunnels across Internet last miles to the nearest PoP.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 10, 2022

This is because Cato Sockets are very simple devices that simply direct traffic to our cloud, where most of the complex encryption and other technologies lie. As one IT team manager said, When COVID hit we were able to add the entire company to the VPN and provide them the ability to work from home in a matter of days.

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, the basic firewall and VPN functions provided by most SD-WAN solutions are often not enough, forcing IT teams to try and overlay security across elastic and dynamic SD-WAN connections after the fact.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

To achieve those aims, SD-WAN nodes form an encrypted overlay across the underlying data services, such as xDSL and 4G Internet services, or private services, such as MPLS circuits. Their security is limited to encrypting traffic in transit and, in some cases, hardening their devices against attack.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

From a mobility perspective, teams need to assess the importance of assuring regional or global VPN access to WAN resources. But DIA also significantly expands the attack surface far beyond that which can be protected by the basic firewall provided in SD-WAN appliances.

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Akins IT

MARCH 24, 2022

It would help if you were implementing IT security solutions such as the latest firewalls, antivirus software, and spam filters. Another good practice is to train your staff on how to access agency resources via a VPN and how to enable full-disk encryption on personal computers that may access our IT environment.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

for Arlington Orthopedics , one of the largest orthopedic practices in North Texas, With our firewall, we would have only been able to block Netflix, and that was my knee-jerk reaction, but then whoever was watching Netflix would switch to another network. Decrypting and re-encrypting traffic has no impact on Cato Cloud performance.

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The Network DNA

JANUARY 22, 2025

Troubleshooting an IPsec VPN issue on a Palo Alto Networks firewall in 9 steps Step 1# Verify VPN Configuration Check the IPsec Tunnel Settings: Ensure that both sides of the tunnel (Palo Alto firewall and the remote peer) have matching configurations: IKE Version: Verify if IKEv1 or IKEv2 is being used and ensure both ends match.

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