Kentik

JUNE 27, 2023

Kentik customers move workloads to (and from) multiple clouds, integrate existing hybrid applications with new cloud services, migrate to Virtual WAN to secure private network traffic, and make on-premises data and applications redundant to multiple clouds – or cloud data and applications redundant to the data center.

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Akins IT

JUNE 5, 2019

This blog serves to provide a quick high-level overview of whats required to build out a basic Azure network infrastructure. VIRTUAL NETWORK ADDRESS SPACE AND SUBNETS B efore any Azure VMs can be deployed, a virtual network (VNET) must first be implemented within your Azure tenant. If you have an on-prem network of 10.10.0.0/24

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NW Kings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As we progress into 2025, the landscape of networking continues to evolve rapidly, with new technologies, protocols, and security measures shaping the way organizations design and manage their networks. CCNA Interview Questions The CCNA certification serves as a foundational credential for network engineers.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 14, 2021

Attack surface noun: The attack surface of an enterprise network environment is the sum of the different points (the attack vectors) where an unauthorized user can try to enter the network to execute a malicious intent, such as stealing data or disrupting operations. Such expansions have grown the attack surface exponentially.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2022

Cloud performance may suddenly decline because the firewall is choking the network. You can continue to rely on your centralized security gateway, backhauling traffic from branch office inspection by the gateway before sending the traffic across the Internet to Azure. Nor does edge SD-WAN help.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In its recent Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019, Gartner recognized Cato Networks as a Sample Vendor in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category. The legacy data center should no longer be considered the center of network architectures. Below is the verbatim text of the SASE section from the Gartner report.

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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? SASE SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) converges network and security functionalities into a single cloud-based solution. Traffic can enter and exit these networks via a PoP.

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Kentik

MAY 8, 2023

Core Concepts Resilience in networking is the ability of a network to withstand and quickly recover from failures or changes in its environment. This includes the ability to: Dynamically adjust to changes in network topology Detect and respond to outages Route around faults in order to maintain connectivity and service levels.

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Kentik

APRIL 16, 2023

At scale, and primarily when carried out in cloud and hybrid-cloud environments, these distributed, service-oriented architectures and deployment strategies create a complexity that can buckle the most experienced network professionals when things go wrong, costs need to be explained, or optimizations need to be made.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

When I read that less than 20% of IT professionals indicated their organizations can properly monitor public cloud infrastructure, it reminded me of the reoccurring network visibility conversations I have with network managers from around the globe. Granular network visibility brings several benefits to the enterprise.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

And perhaps nowhere in his statement holds more true than in the world of network technologies. Understanding Your Companys Needs In the complex world of network technologies, how can you maximize the value of your buy? As a result, networks need to adapt to the new requirements of the increased use of cloud applications.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When Gartner defined the market for the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) last year, we had already seen all its networking and security functions on the market. We had SD-WAN and networking. Pulling together all networking and security functions into a single, coherent platform does more than make deployment simpler.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2017

FWaaS is a cloud-based architecture that eliminates the need to deploy firewalls on-premises, mainly in remote branches, in order to provide site-to-site connectivity and secure Internet access. Cato Networks is a pioneer of a new architecture that provides FWaaS as part of a broader WAN transformation platform.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

More connection density -- 1 million connected mobile devices in less than half of a square mile as compared to around 2K with 4G cellular networks. With the promise of greater performance, network service providers are actively stepping up their testing and trials. Network Monitoring Needs. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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CATO Networks

MAY 23, 2024

The attack requires introducing a rogue DHCP server to the local network. This is not easy on well-maintained networks, that use trust zones and DHCP snooping features to prevent this attack vector. In the case presented in the article, the malicious DHCP server poisons the routing table of its neighbor on the local network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

More and more IT managers are interested in converging SD-WAN with network security and for good reason. An agile, efficient, and ubiquitous security architecture is essential if organizations are to fully transform their networks. Its an SD-WAN built from the ground up with security in mind.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

Since the beginning of networks, the lynchpin of network security has been the firewall. The first network firewalls appeared in the late 1980s, and gained almost universal acceptance by the early 1990s. FWaaS eliminates those issues by uniformly applying the security policy on all traffic, for all locations and users.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The award is given to companies that demonstrate the innovation, vision, and execution to deliver software-based networking tools to support different and unique communities of interest. Congratulations to Cato Networks for receiving a 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Excellence Award, said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Traditional hub-and-spoke networking has enterprises backhauling WAN traffic from branches over MPLS circuits to a central site and applying security policies before sending the traffic to the cloud or the public Internet. All PoPs are interconnected using fully-meshed, encrypted tunnels to protect traffic once it is on the network.

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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. This is my take. Jay has always been a visionary.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

The dramatic changes in network traffic patterns, from inwards towards the data center to outwards towards the cloud, is challenging the base premise for dedicated WAN optimization appliances. First, the growth in Internet- and cloud-bound traffic is accelerating the introduction of direct secure Internet access at branch locations.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On one hand, the widespread use of SSL/TLS can help protect against phishing attacks or the exposure of user credentials and other sensitive data to someone eavesdropping on corporate network traffic. Network security solutions can overcome these challenges, but it comes at a cost.

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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. It monitors all interactions with cloud-based applications and enforces corporate security policies.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2021

Lets take a look to find out what s beyond the UTM and the future of network security. All traffic passed through the firewall for basic inspection of security policies based on network information such as the type of protocol or the source/destination addresses.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In today’s digital age, where work from anywhere and hybrid cloud adoption are the norm, traditional network security perimeters have crumbled. IT organizations are using hybrid cloud strategies to combine the scalable, cost-effective public cloud with the secure, compliant private cloud.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Under this legacy security model, all insiders are implicitly trusted and granted unrestricted access to corporate assets, while traffic crossing the boundary of the corporate network is considered suspect and subject to inspection. Greater Scalability: Cloud-native ZTNA solutions have the ability to scale to meet demand.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

These drivers, though, also come with baggage: the reassessment of todays corporate security model. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. This requires a shift in our security models. We can no longer assume that the WAN is secure.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 25, 2022

Some trombones, however, generate a totally different sound: sighs of angst across networking teams around the world. Why The Trombone Effect Is So Detrimental to IT Teams and End Users The Trombone Effect occurs in a network architecture that forces a distributed organization to use a single secure exit point to the Internet.

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Akins IT

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

But if not controlled, the device can be a gateway to not only suspicious sites but also phishing attacks. FIREWALLS Whether you provide devices or not, having a strong firewall guards the perimeter of your network, giving you much greater security. Read our blog, 5 Tips to Handle Content Filtering in the Classroom.

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CATO Networks

MAY 18, 2021

When Gartner published its seminal report on SASE (The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud, August 2019), the analyst firm listed the reduction of complexity and costs as one of the top benefits of SASE. Costs can be vastly reduced when networking and security are merged, and the operational aspects are provided as a service.

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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. With all WAN and Internet traffic consolidated in the cloud, Cato applies a suite of security services toprotect all traffic at all times. 5 Questions to Ask Your SASE Provider | eBook 3.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2015

Not every topic in networking and security is sexy. Historically, the enterprise network was physically bound to specific locations like the corporate headquarters, a branch office or then datacenter. When deploying a security, it was naturally placed at the entry or exit point of the network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2020

Theyll be on the network every workday for hours accessing enterprise applications, files, and data. For security reasons, most organizations choose to route cloud traffic through datacenter security infrastructure first, then out to cloud datacenters many miles away, which adds latency to the home users cloud user experience.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 25, 2024

The concept of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) promised a revolution in network security. Its core intent: to simplify the deployment and consumption of both networking and security functions. Cato Networks has emerged as a game-changer in the SASE landscape by delivering a true SASE platform.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Organizations often begin their SASE journey with this type of project, aiming to solve an immediate problem such as scaling global connectivity or securing remote workers. It becomes a gateway to a broader transformation, as the initial project reveals the benefits of consolidating networking and security into a single cloud-native service.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

The new darling of the networking industry would free us from the shackles of legacy MPLS services. But just as were getting used to the toddling SD-WAN, along came yet another even more exciting newborn, the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Advanced Security SD-WAN lacks the necessary security to protect branch offices.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Gur Shatz, Catos co-founder, and I come from the networking and network security domains. Integration: the first SASE Historically, networking and network security were separate between networking specialists (like Juniper and Cisco) and security specialists (like Check Point and Palo Alto Networks).

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