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Firewall as a Service: Uniting your Network and Security Again

CATO Networks

It really wasnt very long ago when installing a Firewall (FW) or Unified Threat Management (UTM) system at the perimeter was deemed secure enough to protect corporate networks. Compatibility and security policies for multiple cloud and IaaS services. But those very networks have changed dramatically over the past decade.

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Why a Backbone Is More Than Just a Bunch of PoPs

CATO Networks

site to site traffic), or to the general Internet. The fact is, many SASE providers use the Internet as the backbone network between their PoPs. There is little or no control over the packets that are traveling on that Internet backbone. Instead of using the general Internet to connect them, Cato has a global private backbone.

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How To Best Design Your WAN for Accessing AWS, Azure, and the Cloud

CATO Networks

Communication hubs also host regionalized security stacks so that traffic going to/coming from the Internet and external clouds can be inspected thoroughly for threats. The design offers an immediate improvement in network quality over the unpredictable Internet links at a significant cost reduction over MPLS.

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A New Approach to SD-WAN Management

CATO Networks

Comparing Both Ends of the Spectrum An appliance-based solution allows organizations to manage and direct their SD-WAN solution and utilize various Internet connection options, rather than being tied to a particular carrier. With no backbone to send traffic over to provide consistent connectivity, Internet connections are unpredictable.

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The 4 Values of SD-WAN

CATO Networks

The network perimeter has dissolved with IaaS, SaaS, and mobile users breaking that barrier and shifting more traffic to the Internet. The appliance form factor including the cost of hardware, software, and expert staff to maintain it is a burden which SD-WAN eliminates with Firewall as a Service (FWaaS).

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What You Don’t Need from an SD-WAN Vendor

CATO Networks

Most SD-WAN vendors provide basic security features such as encryption, layer 2 access control, and possibly some basic firewall functionality. By using service insertion or service chaining, separate security services such as firewalls and IPS are inserted into the data flow.

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Is SD-WAN Really Dead?

CATO Networks

MPLS came of age when users worked in offices, resources resided in the datacenter, and the Internet was an afterthought. It was hopelessly out of step with a world that needed to move fast and one obsessed with the Internet. High Availability (HA) becomes a headache: With SD-WAN relying on Internet connections, HA is all but required.

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