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Firewall as a Service: Uniting your Network and Security Again

CATO Networks

Today, you need to manage: Connectivity and security for your remote locations with multiple perimeter-based FW or UTM appliances. Compatibility and security policies for multiple cloud and IaaS services. How Firewall as a Service can address these challenges, and what are the required capabilities.

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The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as Described in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019

CATO Networks

Secure Access Service Edge “ Analysis By: Joe Skorupa; Neil MacDonald Definition: The secure access service edge (SASE) are emerging converged offerings combining WAN capabilities with network security functions (such as secure web gateway, CASB and SDP) to support the needs of digital enterprises.

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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. The customer has the ability to make changes to the network and update any security policies when they choose.

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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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New World, New Thinking: Why “The Box” Has Got To Go

CATO Networks

As Nolle points out, … if we shed the boundaries of devices to become virtual, shouldnt we think about the structure of services in a deeper way than assuming we succeed by just substituting networks of instances for networks of boxes? NSaaS is making a network security stack available everywhere (i.e.,

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The Path of a Packet in Cato’s SASE Architecture

CATO Networks

Its impractical to centralize a network around an on-premise datacenter when data and applications increasingly are in the cloud and users are wherever they need to beon the road, at home, at a customer site, in a branch office. Security must be an inherent part of the network, which is why Gartner expects networking and security to converge.

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Are You Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset with a Data Loss Prevention (DLP)?

CATO Networks

While an EDLP offers a single console and policy management interface for the entire network, it is typically a separate console from the other network security tools (FW, IPS, AM, SWG, etc.). EDLPs will typically add another hop in the security service chain, and thus add latency and impact performance.

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