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A New Approach to SD-WAN Management

CATO Networks

How will they secure all of the Internet access points created by SD-WAN? By expanding the attack surface, every office with DIA now requires the full range of security services including next-generation firewall (NGFW), IDS/IPS, sandboxing and more. Simple changes, such as firewall rules, could take a couple of days.

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The 4 Drivers in the Journey to Full WAN Transformation

CATO Networks

This is why enterprises increasingly turn to service providers and the cloud to run compute, storage, networking, and security. Traditional SD-WAN still requires the configuration and implementation of advanced security if the remote site will use the Internet line for general Internet access.

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The Co-Managed SD-WAN: A Managed Infrastructure with Self-Service Capabilities for Agility

CATO Networks

Security is often added to the solution via service-insertion or service-chaining. Branches that have their own direct connection to the Internet will require a full stack of security services, including next-generation firewall, intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, sandboxing, and so on.

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