CATO Networks

JULY 4, 2023

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. Companies need encrypted, secure high throughput between their clouds or to the central data centers in their hybrid deployments.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

But whats particularly interesting for anyone moving away from a global MPLS network or otherwise looking at WAN transformation is the impact NaaS will have on evolving the enterprise backbone. Only by converging SASE with NaaS can companies eliminate costly, legacy MPLS services. But SASE alone cant replace MPLS.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

For example, if some branch locations are not connected via MPLS , separate firewalls may be required, forcing security administrators to manage separate network security policies. Visibility Solutions such as Secure Web Gateways in the Cloud don’t provide visibility to the WAN.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Appliance-based SD-WAN and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) simply arent designed to address these use cases. MPLS was designed to provide dedicated, reliable, and high-performance connections between two endpoints before cloud and mobile took over the world. Secure Web Gateway (SWG).

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To put that another way, SSE blends – Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) – Secure web gateway (SWG) – Cloud access security broker (CASB) – Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) and more into a single-vendor, cloud-centric, converged service. SASE vs SD-WAN Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook Why Is SSE Important?

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Many enterprises are replacing their fixed MPLS wide area networks (WANs) with virtualized software-defined WANs (SD-WANs) to reduce costs. Most SD-WAN solutions are encrypted SSL or IPsec tunnels, but new attack vectors may present themselves with data going over the air instead of over wires. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links. The problem is today enterprise WANs are a mix of MPLS, Internet-based VPNs, mobile users, and cloud services. I can even see down to a single person and how much bandwidth (s)he is using.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

Most SD-WAN vendors provide basic security features such as encryption, layer 2 access control, and possibly some basic firewall functionality. Deploying a new site for SD-WAN requires an SD-WAN gateway be deployed on-site. What You Don’t Need Security is a vital piece of WAN infrastructure that must be addressed.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

The PoP is just a connection point a gateway, of sorts where the external world (i.e., Best Effort Isnt Always the Best Way I have talked with numerous enterprises that replaced MPLS circuits with SD-WAN. But you must consider the architecture of this network. your sites) connect to the hosting provider.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

Current security services include firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) , secure web gateway with URL filtering ( SWG ), standard and next-generation anti-malware (NGAM), IPS-as-a-Service (IPS), and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) , and a Managed Threat Detection and Response (MDR) service. How is sensitive data handled?

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Another factor is the Internets erraticness and, as such, the inability to leave a costly MPLS service. Cato addresses both by converging a complete suite of security services into the Cato network, an SLA-backed network thats an affordable, MPLS alternative. Installing a new MPLS circuit can take 90 days or more.

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