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Cato Networks Launches Cato Cloud to Make Network Security Simple Again
9 Feb, 2016

Network Security as a Service Will Change the Way Security is Delivered, Managed, and Evolved TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Cato Networks (Cato), which is rethinking network security from the ground up and into the Cloud, announced today the launch of its Network Security as a Service (NSaaS) platform. The groundbreaking Cato Cloud makes network security simple and cost-effective for the distributed, Cloud-centric and mobile-first enterprise.
The dissolving perimeter challenges appliance-based network security For decades, the increasingly distributed enterprise network has stretched IT security resources to protect all business locations, applications, and users. Complicating matters even further is the widespread adoption of Cloud, mobility, bring your own device (BYOD), and the Internet of Things (IoT). This dissolved the perimeter, making network security a hyper-complex task. With applications and data migrating to the Cloud, traffic patterns on the network are changing dramatically as users access both physical and Cloud resources. Legacy connectivity approaches such as traffic backhauling add latency and negatively impact the user experience for applications like Office 365. Yet, enabling secure Internet access at each branch location is costly and complex to manage. Gartner analysts Claudio Neiva, Adam Hills and L. Akshay identified the following key challenges in the July 2015 report
Taking a Pragmatic Approach to Network Security for Midsize Organizations:
- Scarcity of security capability limits the ability of midmarket organizations to achieve a comprehensive assessment of their IT-related risks.
- Cloud computing is growing, and there is a critical need to establish access control, data protection and monitoring for cloud workloads, in addition to improving network security.
- Implementing security solutions, keeping them up to date, managing configuration changes and handling security events are big challenges for midsize organizations, as they require dedicated technical skills to be continually available.
- Many midsize organizations have no choice but to outsource some security operations and monitoring. However the ultimate responsibility for security belongs to the organizations.
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