Packet Pushers

APRIL 9, 2021

Today's Heavy Networking explores how First Bank uses Arubas SD-WAN to advance its cloud migration, support remote workers, and provide secure segmentation for IoT devices. We also discuss the growing trend of SASE and First Banks strategy around cloud-delivered security services.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 9, 2019

WANs are slow. In most enterprises, the WAN changes more slowly than just about any other part of the infrastructure. People like to set up routers and such and then touch them as infrequently as possibleand that goes both for enterprises and for their WAN service providers as well.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2023

With the growth of cloud computing, remote work, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT), companies have users and IT assets everywhere, requiring connectivity. Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) provides the ability to implement a secure, high-performance corporate WAN on top of existing networks.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

It had risen as a response to the business need for a reliable and predictable network performance across the wide area network (WAN). In addition, distributed IoT environments will generate large volumes of data that needs to be centralized and analyzed. Enter the Hybrid WAN. The SD-WAN approach, in our view, is short sighted.

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Router-switch

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The rising adoption of remote work, cloud computing, and IoT devices complicates the task of maintaining secure, efficient, and scalable network infrastructures.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

SD-WAN continues to be one of the fastest growing industries across the globe. The list of SD-WAN events and conferences scheduled for 2019 is already quite impressive, and its already on our agenda to start marking our calendars for the upcoming year as the 2018 year begins to wind down. Revenues increased 83.3%

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The Network DNA

MAY 16, 2024

Aruba SD-WAN - Identity Based Traffic Management In this article, we are going to talk about the Aruba SD-WAN Identity-Based Traffic Management (IBTM) capability. Aruba SD-WAN IBTM allows to configure policies based on identity match criteria such as username, user role, user group, MAC address, device type, etc.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Some of the main contributors to these challenges include: Evolving Networks: Corporate networks have grown and evolved rapidly in recent years with the adoption of cloud computing, remote work, and Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. Implementing consistent security protections across the enterprise can be a significant challenge.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Challenge The WAN for J.s The current WAN architecture could not handle the SAP migration and we needed a solution that was affordable, didnt require a lot of internal resources, and could be operational in two weeks in order to keep the project on track, he says. We have already initiated a replacement of the first four firewalls.

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Kentik

MARCH 9, 2023

With so many network boundaries being navigated (application, service, cloud providers, subnets, SD-WANs , etc.), What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? This connectivity layer can include tech like WiFi and Bluetooth or network abstractions like WANs and SD-WANs, among others. What is device telemetry?

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Packet Pushers

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We also look at how network trends around IoT, cloud, and SD-WAN might affect allocation size and how to overcome "IPv4 thinking." We also look at how network trends around IoT, cloud, and SD-WAN might affect allocation size and how to overcome "IPv4 thinking."

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Kentik

APRIL 26, 2017

8 DDoS Attacks That Made Enterprises Rethink IoT Security (CRN) DDoS attacks via IoT devices have wreaked havoc on universities, Netflix, Twitter and even banks in Russia. CRN listed those attacks among the eight that should make enterprises rethink IoT security.

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Kentik

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This week, we learned the SD-WAN market is forecasted to reach $3.3 Here are those headlines and more: Cisco, VMware in SD-WAN market ‘two-horse race’ (SDxCentral). WAN to their capability sets, especially since the technology is key to supporting connectivity in the multi-clouds that enterprises are building.”.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 23, 2019

The infamous malware that crippled global DNS provider Dyn, French Web host OVH and security journalist Brain Krebs Web site with botnets of infected home routers, baby monitors and other IoT devices is now infecting enterprise network equipment, according to a recent Palo Alto Networks blog and Network Computing article.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Figure 1 – WAN Firewall Policy Using the centralized Cato Management Application (CMA), it is simple to create a policy based on a zero-trust approach. For Cato services, the default way to connect a site to the network is with a zero-touch edge SD-WAN device, known as a Cato Socket. allow IOT devices (e.g.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Corporate WAN is Rapidly Changing In the past, the majority of an organizations IT assets were located on-prem. Internet of Things (IoT) devices including both commercial and consumer systems are connected to corporate networks. Often, these solutions adapt poorly to securing the modern, distributed corporate WAN.

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CATO Networks

JULY 24, 2024

Flexibility to support varying infrastructure and end-devices needs like IT and IoT. How SASE Can Answer Healthcare and Pharma Needs SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), is an innovative networking and security solution that converges SD-WAN and security functions into a single, global, cloud-native solution.

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CATO Networks

MAY 29, 2023

For example, many organizations are rapidly adopting cloud computing, and the growing maturity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has the potential to unlock new operational efficiencies. A network transformation project should ensure traffic is intelligently routed over the corporate WAN via high-performance, reliable network connectivity.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 29, 2019

SD-WAN is a small part of WAN transformation For those who dont follow every tick and tock of the VC world, raising such a significant sum at this time of the market is remarkable. And yet today, some 50 companies claim to have SD-WAN capabilities. Thats because the investment isnt about SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 6, 2021

If youre looking for more incisive perspective on the trend towards merging WAN and security in the cloud, check out Forresters January 21 report, Introducing the Zero Trust Model for Security and Network Services by analysts David Holmes and Andre Kindness. Download a free copy of the new Forrester report here.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With the rise of cloud computing, remote work, and Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices, cyber threat actors have many potential targets for their attacks. Universal Protection: The corporate WAN is rapidly expanding and includes on-prem, cloud-based, and remote devices.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2023

For example, wireless first, IoT segmentation, or network automation. WAN Edge Baselines – Principles for the WAN edge, like redundant connectivity design or optimization of WAN for cloud applications. Campus and Branch Baselines – The organizations guiding principles for campuses and branches.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For example, an understanding that a particular type of traffic is associated with Internet of Things (IoT) devices can enable next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) to search for threats common to those devices or block access to the devices from outside of the corporate WAN.

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CATO Networks

JULY 25, 2023

3 Trends Impacting Networking and Security Forrester identified three converging trends that are influencing the network and security industries: A growing number of cybersecurity breaches complemented by a security skills shortage, remote work as the new reality and MPLS connections being replaced by SD-WAN. Lets delve into each one.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

To offer just one example, the scalable connection density and low-latency response from 5G will play a key role in driving IoT device monitoring and control across industries. Many enterprises are replacing their fixed MPLS wide area networks (WANs) with virtualized software-defined WANs (SD-WANs) to reduce costs.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Corporate WANs must be capable of efficiently and securely routing traffic between an organizations various network segments. Internet of Things (IoT) Devices IoT devices have the potential to increase an organizations operational efficiency and ability to make data-driven decisions.

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CATO Networks

JULY 28, 2019

Companies are shifting workloads to the cloud, increasing their use of voice and video applications, and adding thousands or even millions of new connections to support IoT devices. From MPLS to Internet and routers to SD-WAN The network of the future will reduce its reliance on MPLS in favor of Internet with SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What WAN security solutions do enterprises need to protect their networks as we kick off the decade? However, the dynamic nature of cloud computing, the security challenges posed by mobile users , and IoT (Internet of Things) have blurred the lines that define network perimeters and created new attack surfaces.

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Kentik

JUNE 28, 2018

However, the migration of applications and services to the cloud — SaaS, hybrid multi-cloud, SD-WANs, IoT — is breaking this model. The heavy reliance on public network and application infrastructure makes it tricky to cleanly partition operational teams into silos.

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Kentik

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

IoT is inherently digital and adoption is occurring at a rapid pace as businesses instrument the physical world with sensors spanning a wide range of environments. For more than two decades, large-scale data centers and private WANs have been the backbone of business operations.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Identities of entities can be associated with people, groups of people (branch offices), devices, applications, services, IoT systems or edge computing locations. Basically, its all the networking stuff that we take for granted today when building an enterprise WAN.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2019

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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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Why remote access should be a collaboration between network & security | White Paper What to Look for in a Network Firewall Many organizations already have network firewalls in place; however, a network firewall designed to secure the perimeter of the corporate LAN is ill-suited to protecting a distributed enterprise WAN.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 22, 2023

The features benchmark is clear: whoever has the most features created over the past two decades in CASB, SWG, NGFW, SD-WAN, and ZTNA is the best. Customers understand and value the Cato SASE Experience even when our SD-WAN device or converged CASB engine are missing a feature. Cato delivers the true SASE experience. We are SASE.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By consistently enforcing security policies and blocking attacks across the entire corporate WAN, SASE dramatically reduces an organizations cybersecurity risk. Enhancing Your Enterprise Network Security Strategy | Webinar #2. Transference Transference involves handing over responsibility for managing risk to a third-party provider.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Companies are increasingly adopting cloud infrastructure, remote and hybrid work models, and Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile devices. Firewalls can significantly benefit an organization by blocking inbound and WAN-bound attacks before they reach their intended targets.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 2, 2023

is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry as we are witnessing numerous innovative technologies such as AI, IoT, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) helping manufacturers enhance their supply chain, logistics and production lines. Industry 4.0 This ensures low latency cloud access for all users.

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