CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2023

I read with some surprise the interview with Zscalers CEO, Jay Chaudry, in CRN where he stated that the network firewalls will go the way of the mainframe, that the network is just plumbing and that Zscaler proxy overlay architecture will replace it with its application switchboard. The proxy firewalls faded. I guess not.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Traditional firewall security simply cant keep up with the challenges created by these new network paradigms. As a result, when I discuss firewall security with enterprises today, there are three reoccurring themes: visibility, scalability, and convergence. Lets find out.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2018

Essentially all traffic is pull back to an on-premise firewall and from there put out onto the Internet. Another way to secure mobile and remote traffic is by and securing internet traffic locally, causing appliance sprawl. 2 Single global firewall FwaaS truly eliminates the appliance form factor. The result?

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DoorDash Engineering

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Due to security and compliance concerns, some vendors handling such sensitive data cannot expose services to the public Internet and therefore host their own on-premise data centers. We considered two common approaches for linking on-premise data centers with the AWS cloud: Site-to-Site VPN and Direct Connect.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

AdRolls Global Director of IT Adrian Dunne faced several challenges when attempting to scale the companys Internet-based VPNs. Network performance, security, and redundancy all became major issues as AdRoll grew, prompting Dunne to search for a VPN alternative. So, what makes SD-WAN such an attractive VPN replacement?

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Kentik

MARCH 19, 2020

When more of the workforce shifts to working remotely, it puts new and different strains on the infrastructure across different parts of the network, especially where VPN gateways connect to the network edge. This could mean the users are saturating the internet connectivity or that they’ve saturated the LAN (or maybe WAN).

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The Internet was the obvious choice. The company already had plenty of experience running IPsec virtual private networks (VPNs) across the Internet. The existing US and Asia-Pacific offices were already connected together by a mesh of IPsec tunnels between local firewall appliances. It was about 1.5

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, with growing cloud adoption, this perimeter would need to enclose the entire Internet, making it ineffective for security. VPNs are a well-established remote access solution, and many organizations turned to them to support their remote employees.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Paysafe decided to replace its mix of MPLS and Internet-based VPN with Cato Cloud to create a single converged network. For a fraction of the price, the Cato Cloud solution improved in performance compared to the Internet VPNs and is on par with MPLS. Thats what I call a huge win.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

User complaints about slow VPN access have been with us forever. Mobile users struggle to gain global access to business applications using legacy mobile VPN clients. They rely on the slow public internet, with its convoluted global routing and high packet loss. To learn more and register for the webinar sign up here.

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Discovering what applications are running between sites, the internet, and to the data center. Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.) Viptela: VPN Identifier, and Silver Peak: Application, Business Intent Overlay). MPLS, internet, etc.) Best practices include: Baselining traffic bandwidths. Ongoing operation.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The Dutch engineering company had built a global wide area network (WAN) out of MPLS and Internet services connecting 17 locations 14 in Europe and 3 in the Asia Pacific with about 800 mobile and field employees. Users increasingly complained about their Internet performance. And MPLS did nothing for his security architecture.

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The Network DNA

JUNE 6, 2024

The Meraki MX650 is a security and SD-WAN appliance that offers VPN Concentration services for big VPN networks. The MX650 is excellent for datacenter environments that require a high concentration of VPN topologies. times more VPN throughput (25Gbps) and twice as much advanced security compared to the MX450.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If mobile VPN seems a persistent pain in the-you-know-where, youre not alone. During the webinar, we asked participants about their mobile VPN challenges. With SD-WAN appliances, mobile users are still left establishing VPNs back to on-premises firewalls (or concentrators).

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

company is based on full mesh VPN tunnels over the internet between commercial firewalls. All enterprise locations were backhauling traffic over the internet to a datacenter that hosts an internal SAP instance. Cato proposed a phased approach Establish IPSEC tunnels from each of the companys firewalls to the Cato Cloud.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The spread of massive ransomware outbreaks, such as NotPetya , made firewalling particularly important. Pet Lovers had already connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN). Protection was particularly important as employees accessed the Internet directly.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

Firewall as a Service (FwaaS) a firewall delivered as a cloud-based service. Unlike appliance-based firewalls that require management of discrete firewall appliances, FwaaS is a single logical firewall in the cloud that can be accessed from anywhere. For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) When a branch office is down, users work from remote, connecting back via the Internet to the VPN in the data center. wasnt built with cloud services and remote users in mind. The same is true for cloud connections.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 4, 2018

Normally, such an objective would be mission impossible for a network built on MPLS and firewall appliances. The existing locations had firewall appliances connected by 100 Mbits/s, layer-2, MPLS connections. The existing firewall appliances were also sucking up resources he didnt have. That’s why the team turned to Cato.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

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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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

MAY 24, 2020

The criminal group also threatened to publish sensitive data from the car parts supplier on the internet, unless a ransom was paid. Both attacks demonstrate how vulnerable todays businesses are when connected to the public internet and adequate protection is not deployed. We also address the shortcomings of VPNs.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

Usually, one network service is MPLS while the other is typically an Internet connection. While some enterprises will have an active MPLS connection with an Internet/VPN connection for failover, hybrid WAN actively uses both connections. Regulatory constraints mandating MPLS can continue to be met.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

Before Shlomo and Gur cofounded Cato, Shlomo cofounded Check Point Software, creator of the first commercial firewall. Their mission was clear: secure the resources inside the firewall from the wily and dangerous world outside of the firewall. Back then life was much simpler for networking and security professionals.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

SD-WAN is a flexible solution that integrates low-cost Internet transports into a virtual WAN connection. They are not vulnerable to the kinds of attacks seen on the Internet, since hackers can’t get to them, which is why they’re perceived as being secure. Many MPLS customers today add VPN encryption to secure the 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. By choosing the best available path, SD-WAN provides better performance and reliability than broadband Internet.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Gone are the days when it was simple and effective to connect remote sites with a perimeter firewall, or backhaul traffic to a datacenter to keep companies secure and functional. Additionally, because we deal with sensitive issues like abuse and drug use, employees need free access to internet resources.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Bye, bye VPN. I dont know about you but Ive never liked my mobile VPN. The Cato mobile client works faster than any VPN Ive experienced. The alternative would have been sending the traffic across the Internet core which is always a crapshoot. When I got to Cato, I fell in love with Cato Clouds mobile capabilities.

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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. Moving Beyond the VPN A remote access VPN is a thing of the past.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

First, the growth in Internet- and cloud-bound traffic is accelerating the introduction of direct secure Internet access at branch locations. SD-WAN Edge Challenges A typical SD-WAN solution includes SD-WAN edge appliances which enable organizations to use multiple transports (MPLS and Internet) in branch locations.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 4, 2025

Understanding the OSI model and routing protocols is crucial; because routing is the backbone of internet connectivity. Networking Fundamentals and Firewalls After mastering CCNA and CCNP, it’s time to delve into firewalls. Learn Firewall Technologies (Fortigate or Palo Alto).

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In order for companies to realize SD-WANs cost savings and cloud performance benefits, branch offices must be connected directly to and communicate across the Internet. Traffic Protection The reliance on the public Internet requires the SD-WAN to protect traffic against eavesdropping. This requires a shift in our security models.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2015

This was the way firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, email security gateways, data loss prevention and other security systems were implemented. An early approach was to use VPN connections into the enterprise. But the users could still access the Internet-at-large without going through the network security stack.

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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. Internet Perimeters: Secures the organization’s entry and exit points on the internet.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 23, 2020

At the same time this unprecedented shift to remote work is occurring, businesses are realizing traditional enterprise remote access solutions, like Internet-based VPN, often arent capable of addressing all the needs of large-scale work from home. As a result, user experience and productivity can suffer. Unreliable performance.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They may use unsecured public Internet connections that are vulnerable to eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. Virtual Private Network (VPN) Since the mid-1990s, VPNs have been the most common and well-known form of secure remote access. VPNs provide point-to-point connectivity.

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