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Rethinking Enterprise VPN Solutions: Designing Scalable VPN Connectivity

CATO Networks

To keep business functioning as best as possible, enterprises need to provide secure remote connectivity to the corporate network and cloud-based resources for their remote workers. In the early days of Coronavirus lockdowns, some countries saw a surge in VPN use that more than doubled the typical pre-pandemic demand.

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SDP/ZTNA vs. VPN

CATO Networks

Once Upon a VPN … In todays challenging reality, remote access has become a basic requirement for businesses of all kinds, sizes, and locations. Is VPN still relevant? Over two decades ago VPN was the technology for providing secure remote access to the Internet. Yet, VPN fails to address these capabilities.

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Heavy Networking 703: Integrating ZTNA And SASE With Palo Alto Networks (Sponsored)

Packet Pushers

Todays Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, discusses Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) across the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). You could think of ZTNA, as VPN evolved and SASE as SD-WAN evolved. You could think of ZTNA, as VPN evolved and SASE as SD-WAN evolved.

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Alternatives to VPN for Remote Access

CATO Networks

The most common enterprise remote access technology is Virtual Private Networking (VPN). A VPN client is installed on the users devices laptops, smartphones, tablets to connect over the Internet to a server in the headquarters. However, VPNs were built to enable short duration connectivity for a small subset of the users.

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Poor VPN Scalability Hurts Productivity and Security

CATO Networks

Due to the surge in remote work inspired by COVID-19, VPN infrastructure designed to support 10-20% of the workforce has failed to keep up. This has inspired companies to invest in scaling their VPN infrastructure, but this is not as easy as it sounds. All systems (VPN, networking, security, etc.)

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Remote Access Security: The Dangers of VPN

CATO Networks

Long-term use alternatives must be considered due to VPNs failures where remote access security is concerned. One prominent alternative is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platforms with embedded Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) that alleviate the security dangers and other disadvantages of VPN.

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Carlsberg Selects Cato, the “Apple of Networking,” for Global SASE Deployment 

CATO Networks

Today, we announced that Carlsberg, the world-famous brewer, has selected Cato SASE Cloud for its global deployment. Its a massive SASE deployment spanning 200+ locations and 25,000 remote users worldwide, replacing a combination of MPLS services, VPN services, SD-WAN devices, remote access VPNs , and security appliances.

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