Methodical analysis of the single-vendor SASE platforms finds
Cato SASE Cloud to be the top Leader in the market
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cato Networks,
provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE
platform, announced today that it has been named the Leader in
the Single-Vendor SASE Quadrant Analysis published in
TechTarget.
"Cato's global cloud-native, single pass engine is the right
architecture for single-vendor SASE," says Steve Garson, report author and president of
SD-WAN Experts, an independent technology advisory firm who has
conducted dozens of SASE evaluations and deployments. "In our work,
we've found Cato to deliver far superior network performance due to
its optimized global backbone. Like an iPhone, Cato's simplicity
might make one think there's a lack of sophistication but don't be
fooled. The complete convergence of networking and security within
the Cato platform provides incredible detailed insight and control
over the SASE infrastructure without the usability issues normally
encountered in IT products."
"We're honored to be identified as the Leader in single-vendor
SASE market," says Shlomo Kramer,
CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks. "Cato introduced the first
worldwide SASE platform in 2016, four years before Gartner defined
the term. Since then, we've continued to enhance and extend Cato
SASE Cloud as recognized by this award."
Why Single-Vendor SASE?
While SASE brings operational benefits to an organization, the
report notes that single-vendor SASE brings certain unique
benefits, including:
- Enhanced security posture by reducing the complexity of
security functions, enforcing a single security policy
enterprise-wide, and minimizing the attack surface.
- More efficient use of network and security personnel stemming
from faster deployment times, reduced dependency on advanced
networking and security skills and resources, removal of redundant
activities, and a single security policy.
- Better user and system administrator experiences as performance
issues like latency and jitter are easier to manage, end-to-end
issue diagnosis is simpler, and there is a single warehouse for all
event data and logs.
Why Cato?
According to the report, Cato SASE Cloud brings several unique
strengths:
- A global cloud-native, single-pass engine is the right
architecture for single-vendor SASE. It provides line-rate,
security inspections, and optimized traffic worldwide for all
company edges – sites, mobile users, and the cloud – even for
encrypted traffic.
- Cato fully maintains the underlying infrastructure of Cato SASE
Cloud freeing IT from common network and security operations, such
as updating security signatures in response to the latest zero-day
threat. The report notes that Cato frequently points to its low
Time to Protect – how quickly an IPS signature is not just
developed but put into action. For example, they protected their
customers against Log4j in just 17 hours (versus days and weeks for
many companies).
- Single management platform converges security and networking
eliminating "swivel chair IT troubleshooting." Cato's Event screen
is a good example of convergence, providing a single interface for
seeing all networking and security event data for the past
year.
About the Report
The SD-WAN Experts Single-Vendor SASE Quadrant Analysis
evaluated seven vendors in what the authors term was an "MQ-like"
analysis. Vendors were compared on their execution ability and
their completeness of vision. The authors say they relied solely on
publicly available information and tempered our theoretical
analysis with our own real-world experience deploying SASE
platforms.
Supporting Quotes
Eyal Webber-Zvik, the vice president of product marketing and
strategic alliances:
"For the past seven years, Cato's been engaged in a continuous
feedback loop, improving the Cato SASE Cloud to achieve perfect
product-market fit. Partner and customer input combined with usage
statistics contribute to evolving Cato into the leading SASE
platform that it is today. While our competitors force-fit legacy
products together to meet marketing needs, Cato provides
enterprises with a purpose-built SASE platform that truly prepares
them for whatever comes next.
Digital Assets
- [Photo] Shlomo
Kramer
- [Photo] Eyal Webber-Zvik
- [Image] Cato Networks logo
Supporting Resources
- Read about Cato's architecture in this Cato Blog post
- Read about Cato Networks.
- Read about Cato SASE Cloud.
- Read about Shlomo Kramer.
- Read about Eyal Webber-Zvik.
- Read Cato news releases.
- For more information about Cato's news and activities, follow
the company via Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and
YouTube.
About Cato Networks
Cato provides the world's most robust single-vendor SASE
platform, converging Cato SD-WAN and a cloud-native security
service edge, Cato SSE 360, into a global cloud service. Cato SASE
Cloud optimizes and secures application access for all users and
locations everywhere. Using Cato, customers easily replace costly
and rigid legacy MPLS with modern network architecture based on
SD-WAN, secure and optimize a hybrid workforce working from
anywhere, and enable seamless cloud migration. Cato enforces
granular access policies, protects users against threats, and
prevents sensitive data loss, all easily managed from a single pane
of glass. With Cato, businesses are ready for whatever's
next.
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