CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When those teams are in lockstep and ready to change, SASE adoption is the logical evolution. But what happens when security teams want to modernize their tools and services but networking teams remain committed to legacy SD-WAN or carrier technologies? SASE vs SD-WAN Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook Why Is SSE Important?

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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. SASE overcomes the challenges that manufacturers face, enabling them to focus on the opportunity that Industry 4.0 Cato is the leader in single-vendor SASE. Industry 4.0

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 30, 2021

When deciding to digitally transform your network to SASE, the large number of vendors out there might be confusing. To get the full SASE RFP template to help you navigate the vendor vetting process, click here. But first, lets understand what SASE is. What is SASE? SASE RFI Made Easy | Get the Template What is SASE?

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 28, 2025

With the Cato SASE Cloud Platform , organizations can leverage the security stack to kill the ransomware attack chain as quickly as possible. Double extortion to exfiltrate data before encrypting target systems. Lateral traffic over the WAN that would leverage the threat actor for the ransomware.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 18, 2020

As SASE becomes more widely adopted in the industry, there are wide discrepancies in the use of the term. In its August 2019 report, The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud, Gartner saw SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) as creating a single network for the complete enterprise, connecting and securing all edges everywhere.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2021

Understanding the 2021 Strategic Roadmap for SASE Convergence In July 2019, Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to define the next generation of network security technology. SASE solutions acknowledge that modern networks and security challenges are very different from the past.

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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

JUNE 29, 2021

A good portion of my day is spent speakingwiththenewsmediaaboutCato and theSASEmarket.Theres aroutinetothese conversations.Manywillgroan over an acronym thats pronounced sassy.Theyll listenbutoftendismissthe area asjustmoreGartnerhype.Formany, SASE seems like another marketing exercise like Big Data or Cloud Computing. And I get that.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Our mission is to deliver the Cato SASE experience to organizations of all sizes, support mission critical operations at any scale, and deliver best-in-class networking and security capabilities. Cato enables any organization to maintain top notch infrastructure by making the Cato SASE Cloud its enterprise networking and security platform.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 10, 2022

Weve been touting the real-world benefits of Cato SASE on our Web site and in seminars, case studies, and solution briefs since the company was founded, but how do those benefits translate into hard numbers? After Cato , all of the updates and most of the management were simply delegated to the Cato SASE Cloud.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2020

The widespread adoption of Gartner’s secure access service edge (SASE) architecture all but debunked that notion, and today it’s widely accepted that networking and security must come together. But for those vendors rushing to join SASE, solution integration has become the answer. For Cato, of course, this is nothing new.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

Theyve dubbed this converged architecture SASE, or secure access service edge. SASE moves security out of the legacy datacenter and closer to where users, data and applications reside today. The users traffic is sent to Catos SD-WAN edge device, the Cato Socket, sitting on the local network.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

You probably know what WAN stands for, but what about all of the other acronyms and abbreviations in the networking world? Heres a list of the key acronyms to help you keep up with the latest in WAN transformation. SASE SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) converges network and security functionalities into a single cloud-based solution.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 11, 2021

Other choices include appliance-based SD-WAN and SASE. With a VPN, all communication between the user and the VPN is encrypted. The encryption process takes time, and depending on the type of encryption used, this may add noticeable latency to Internet communications. Lets have a look at each approach.

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CATO Networks

JULY 7, 2022

Its no secret that many enterprises are reevaluating their WAN. In other cases, it might be a global SD-WAN deployment, which relied too much on the unpredictable Internet. This calls for a SASE service built on a global private backbone. Why a Global SASE Service? Because users and data are everywhere.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This blog post explores how to implement an IPS in your overall security strategy with SASE. Eliminate Threat Intelligence False Positives with SASE | Get eBook IPS vs. IDS – Whats the Difference? However, to get the most out of IPS, while reducing IT overhead and costs, it is recommended to implement an IPS together with SASE.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 27, 2022

A remote access VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between a remote worker and the enterprise network. VPNs in general are designed to create an encrypted tunnel between two points. Each endpoint of the VPN connection will use this shared encryption key to encrypt the traffic sent to the other endpoint and decrypt traffic sent to them.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Performance Issues : VPNs can affect network performance with increased latency due to the added layers of encryption. SASE is a cloud-based platform that converges the principles of network security, SD-WAN , and zero-trust access into a single, unified solution.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

SASE Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a cloud-based solution that converges network and security functionalities. According to Gartner (that coined the term), SASE is the future of network security. ZTNA can be deployed as part of a SASE solution to support the remote workforce of the modern distributed enterprise.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2023

Many enterprises today are exploring the benefits of Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ). SASE is a modern networking and security solution for enterprises that converges SD-WAN and network security solutions like NGFW, IPS, and NGAM.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

Since SASEs introduction, many networking and security vendors have rushed to capitalize on the market by partnering with other providers to include cloud backbones as part of their SASE offerings. But SASE isnt just a bunch of features in appliances managed from the cloud. SD-WAN will not do these things for you.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This is especially true if TLS decryption is required for inspection of encrypted traffic as this can exhaust an appliances compute capacity. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions take full advantage of the benefits of the cloud to optimize corporate network security.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2023

This includes creating an encrypted VPN tunnel between two endpoints such as a remote employees computer and a VPN server on the corporate network for business traffic to travel over. Geographic constraints VPNs are designed to connect two points with an encrypted tunnel that network traffic can flow over.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 5, 2020

A virtual or physical appliance within the WAN, the public Internet, and client software on employee PCs is often sufficient to support work from home initiatives. 1: Not designed for continuous use The use case for remote access VPN was never to connect an entire enterprise to the WAN. Delivers hyper-scalability.

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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. While the tunnel itself is encrypted, the traffic traveling within that tunnel typically is not.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 10, 2023

Some of the ways in which VPNs fall short include: Access Management: VPNs are designed to provide an authenticated user with full access to the corporate network, simply creating an encrypted tunnel from the users machine to the VPN endpoint. Converging security functions with access control makes SASE an all-in-one solution for zero trust.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

While the tunnel itself is encrypted, the traffic traveling within that tunnel is not inspected for malware or other threats. Gartner analysts named this architecture theSecure Access Service Edge (or SASE). Cato Networks is recognized as offering the worlds first global SASE platform.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2021

One prominent alternative is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platforms with embedded Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) that alleviate the security dangers and other disadvantages of VPN. VPNs Put Remote Access Security at High Risk In general, VPNs provide minimal security with traffic encryption and simple user authentication.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Inadequate Security: From a security perspective, all that a VPN does is provide an encrypted tunnel over which traffic is sent between the remote worker and the corporate network. Zero-Trust Access Control: SASE solutions integrate secure remote access capabilities in the form of zero-trust network access ( ZTNA ).

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 31, 2023

This includes measures such as risk management, incident detection and response, regular security assessments, and encryption of sensitive data. By leveraging Cato’s Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, organizations can enhance the security and resilience of their network and information systems.

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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. By moving to an SD-WAN built with SASE, enterprises can make most of their cybersecurity problems disappear.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 14, 2021

The way to shrink it back to a manageable size is with effective network security solutions, which in their own right require an evolution from legacy security appliances to a secure access service edge (SASE) architecture. This has necessitated a rethink of the WAN architecture. Direct Internet access (DIA) is enabled as well.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The increased use of encrypted traffic, makes TLS/SSL inspection essential. However, inspecting encrypted traffic degrades IPS performance. To learn more about the features and benefits of Catos IPS service, read Cato Adds IPS as a Service with Context-Aware Protection to Cato SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2020

Catos SASE Solution Provides Access Needed for Remote Workers There is a solution that can solve many of these connectivity, security, performance and management issues: a cloud-native network such as the Cato Cloud. Shifting to cloud-based Web gateways and CASBs has its own overhead as well. The user experience improves in other ways.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2020

As the world’s first global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Cato includes remote access with SD-WAN in one single platform. A VPN establishes a secure, encrypted connection so that a remote users traffic can travel over a public, unsecured, unencrypted network privately and safely.

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