We utilize the Cato SASE Cloud Platform for network security, which ensures organized item management and comprehensive security across the entire network. Additionally, it enables appropriate access rights for all network users.
Cato SASE Cloud Platform
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Used for network security to ensure organized item management and comprehensive security
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Cato SASE Cloud Platform provides an all-in-one solution. As an organization, you can consolidate various technologies with Titan Networks. Additionally, being a managed service requires much fewer resources to deploy, saving time and effort. As part of this managed service, upgrades and other technology refreshments are no longer the organization's concern.
What is most valuable?
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is a managed service. You don't have to incur expenses for specialists to maintain your network access and security. Another cost-saving aspect is that you no longer need to upgrade various perimeter firewalls and other components of your network because they are all provided as part of the Cato managed service.
Additionally, Cato has a global point of presence, which means instead of using other technologies to connect branches and provide access for a retail organization or any organization with branches, we can utilize Cato's backbone. Furthermore, by consolidating different technologies into one solution, there are additional cost savings from that perspective.
What needs improvement?
Cato SASE Cloud Platform was built from the ground up as a SASE solution, whereas the competitor attempted to purchase components to qualify as a SASE solution. The challenge is that customers are locked into long-term contracts with other vendors and may hesitate to change to Cato.
However, Cato's solution is modular. You don't have to buy the whole package; instead, you can start with some of the functionality and then expand it as you see fit, based on its value and as your other contracts expire.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cato SASE Cloud Platform for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. I rate it as ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Support is effective.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is difficult because there's a lot of data to handle.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is cheap because it provides value. I would give it an eight out of ten, with ten being the cheapest.
What other advice do I have?
People will gravitate towards products like Cato SASE Cloud Platform. Moreover, Cato SASE boasts strong founding partners with prestigious market reputations. The technology works; global organizations have been utilizing SASE since its inception. Additionally, it's built on highly scalable technology, making it advantageous for small, mid-sized, and global enterprises.
We're still in the early stages of SASE. At this point, we've conducted some proof of concepts and presentations for customers, preparing to incorporate them into the next budget cycle. Currently, we don't have many SASE customers as we only implemented it about six months ago to raise awareness in the market.
One of the big benefits of the Cato SASE Cloud Platform is its efficiency. Cato can conduct a proof of concept in two days to demonstrate its value. Deploying the product typically takes less than a week. However, the timeline may vary depending on the size of the project. The Cato team also provides resources to support deployment.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Network Administrators Dream Cloud
What do you like best about the product?
CATO SASE platform is the best console setup for every manager and network administrator. When we first looked at the demo we first noticed that how easy and simplistic the interface was, but how advanced the configuration allowed us to implement without utilizing additional software, tech support or specialists. Implementation was extremly fast, the implementation team was very knowledgable, and customer support team is very fast to respond to tickets and escellate any issue regardless of importance. My personal favorite features include the ability to use multiple ISPs simultaniously, configure on-site hardware within the console, reporting and application analytics all within a single product.
What do you dislike about the product?
BGP routing has minimal features and integration if you integrate with another 3rd party network connections.
Network planning with routing could be improved, still track that on a spreadsheet, if you have a lot of subnets and sites you have to track those network subnets. Would be nice to have the ability to setup a list of available subnets and assign them to a site/network.
Network planning with routing could be improved, still track that on a spreadsheet, if you have a lot of subnets and sites you have to track those network subnets. Would be nice to have the ability to setup a list of available subnets and assign them to a site/network.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allowing us to be self service for all our network configuration and troubleshooting needs without submitting change requests to a helpdesk that takes weeks to make changes when I need things done in minutes or hours, not weeks or months.
An all-in-one product
What do you like best about the product?
Everything is centralized in a single console, easy to handle with simple menus. The product provides a lot of visibility on the network (level 7).
What do you dislike about the product?
The dashboards are already better than those of the competition, but I am sure we can do even better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The simplicity of managing the internal network, unified security rules, and QoS
Cato SASE is easy to implement and very robust
What do you like best about the product?
Cato's cloud console makes it easy to manage the various aspects of their services. The Cato client is robust and just works. Switch to Cato reduced my service desk burden by approximately 20%.
What do you dislike about the product?
With power comes complexity. It takes a while to learn how to navigate the cloud management console to find what one is looking for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using Cato predominately for end-user remote access. The client application and integration with Windows SSO has been a god-send for my users and service desk. If users are inside my network, the client continues to run and return telemetry, but stays out of the way of network access. When off-network, the client encrypts all traffic, sending it via Cato Cloud, allowing me to control egress points and access.
5 year + admin in Cato
What do you like best about the product?
Deployment and management of new sites and resources are what I like best. The service is just extremely agile and scalable.
We have been using Cato for about 5 years. I have also evaluated other SASE companies during contract renewal periods and have not found anyone that compares. In my opinion it is not even lose. Cato is the best
We have been using Cato for about 5 years. I have also evaluated other SASE companies during contract renewal periods and have not found anyone that compares. In my opinion it is not even lose. Cato is the best
What do you dislike about the product?
Downside is not really a huge downside it is just a matter of learning new technology.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Fully converged cloud-native solution = untold savings in management and hardware and the ability to manage remotely. Top this off with an outstanding and reliable product and you suddenly find yourself able to manage multiple Sites from a single location quickly and efficiently.
Cato: An extremely well-rounded SD-WAN provider
What do you like best about the product?
We originally implemented Cato to replace our legacy VPN solution with something more reliable. In the process, we gained extremely detailed insights into the network traffic on our endpoints, and the ability to block threats at the network edge. Cato has been transformative in our ability to monitor and control network traffic, and it has been extremely reliable as a VPN solution for our fully remote workforce.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not a lot to dislike. The biggest impactful issue to our organization is having to block DNSSEC in Cato for macOS users - this is more of a macOS problem than a Cato problem, but if they could find a more elegant solution for us, it would eliminate our only real pain point.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our original reason for implementing Cato was to replace an unreliable VPN solution. Cato's SDP (VPN) client has proven to be extremely reliable, and we also gained insights into the network traffic on our endpoints, as well as the ability to block threats at the network edge and limit access to network resources based on role.
Very strong and complete solution
What do you like best about the product?
The easy management because is maintatined by cato
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometime slow in managing roles because is a cloud solution
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The maintenance of upgrades is made by cato
Simple & Secure
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to connect the various production sites with simplicity, always knowing that you are protected by a next generation firewall.
The CASB security part is certainly very interesting and allows you to access high-level security potential with simplicity and efficiency.
Thanks to the connectors you can integrate easily with the main cloud based apps.
The customer support is very quick to answer to your questions and the support level is very high.
The CASB security part is certainly very interesting and allows you to access high-level security potential with simplicity and efficiency.
Thanks to the connectors you can integrate easily with the main cloud based apps.
The customer support is very quick to answer to your questions and the support level is very high.
What do you dislike about the product?
Purchasing VPN licenses in packs of 10. It would be very useful to have the option to purchase licenses individually.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data lose prevention and the configuration of the external sites as branches in two quick configurations.
Offers a self-healing model and auto-mitigates threats with impressive scalability
What is our primary use case?
It's a turnkey cloud solution for comprehensive patching. The tool has three main use cases. The first one is for remote users, instead of VPNs, they can use zero-trust or SDP technology with the tool. This feature allows high scalability to the user. There are many more functionalities in Cato SASE Cloud Platform than any other traditional VPN service.
The product allows deep inspection of every session with varying security engines, including firewall-as-a-service, IPS, next-generation anti-malware, and DLP. The multiple features of the Cato SASE Cloud Platform can be used parallelly.
The second use case of the product is the security of public clouds. For instance, if you have applications running on Amazon, Azure, GCP, or OCI, Cato SASE Cloud Platform provides security for the VMs.
What is most valuable?
Cato SASE Cloud Platform's self-healing model is the most valuable feature. The solution is able to auto-detect and mitigate threats seamlessly. Whenever the solution detects malware, ransomware, or cyber attack, it will block the threat immediately between two endpoints.
The product is much better than SOC model solutions, as it's able to detect and respond immediately without waiting for manual intervention. After Cato SASE Cloud Platform has handled a threat automatically on its own, it will distribute a report informing the respective company professionals about the incident.
What needs improvement?
There should be a Web Application Firewall (WAF) feature in the product nodes. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is one of the cutting-edge solutions in cybersecurity that provides functions that are unavailable in classic models of other vendors.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cato SASE Cloud Platform for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product offers impressive scalability. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's a cloud-based solution, so it can be easily scaled. When you use boxes from Fortinet, you will notice that when a scaling need arises because you have to accommodate one thousand users with a VPN, the entire box will need to be changed as the box was originally designed to accommodate two hundred users.
With Cato SASE Cloud Platform, the previous scenario doesn't occur due to an extensive scaling capacity.
How are customer service and support?
The product has excellent customer support. The support team is available 24/7 and they are able to respond in twenty minutes to a raised ticket. I would rate the tech support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
About a year ago, in our organization, Fortinet Security Solutions was replaced with Cato SASE Cloud Platform.
How was the initial setup?
The product has a highly straightforward setup process. Cato SASE Cloud Platform uses a concept of zero-touch. The product utilizes SD-WAN for the network site, boxes, and end devices. As part of the deployment, the end device is placed in the on-prem data center, and all the racks, network, and cybersecurity boxes are replaced with one box, which is the SD-WAN.
Followed by the aforementioned step all the LANs from that data center will get connected to the cloud. The VMs in the public cloud will also get replaced by a virtual socket or device that will protect the public-cloud applications. Cato SASE Cloud Platform provides an overview of the enterprise cybersecurity and networking from a single console.
The deployment process of Cato SASE Cloud Platform is majorly handled by the vendor. For example, in a retail network with a hundred stories, the network user will need to send a hundred boxes, and the responsible individual of every branch will take the boxes and put them in a rack, following which all connections will be implemented. Only one professional with a knowledge of cybersecurity and networks will be required in the organization in which the product is being implemented.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of the solution depends on the bandwidth required for different branches that will be implemented in the data centers, on-premises and public networks. The price will depend on the security functionalities availed during a contract with Cato SASE Cloud Platform.
For example, if the baseline includes the firewall and navigation filter for the users and you add DLP and CASB with the product's one-click model, you will need to pay for the bandwidth and security functionalities. While adding DLP is a single-click, instantaneous process in Cato SASE Cloud Platform, implementing DLP will take a nine-month project in a classic model.
What other advice do I have?
I would overall rate the product a nine out of ten.
Works as a WAN solution and involves no complex routing
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution as a WAN, but we plan to optimize it by incorporating security features like zero trust for enhanced insights.
What is most valuable?
The solution is a simple WAN solution. We've onboarded the socket on the Cato platform, and it provides connectivity. There is no complex routing.
What needs improvement?
The tool needs to be more granular. Its reports are not very in-depth.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for less than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven't encountered any issues with the product's stability. I rate it an eight out of ten. Its performance is based on bandwidth licensing. In other words, the more bandwidth you have, the better the performance. Overall, the performance is very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Cato SASE Cloud Platform's scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The tech support response time is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The primary reason for switching to Cato SASE Cloud Platform was the ease of connecting branches with SD-WAN. We were in search of a solution, and it offered a very simple and easy-to-implement solution that also proved straightforward to manage. So, we made the switch to the Cato SASE Cloud Platform.
How was the initial setup?
The product is very simple to implement. The implementation doesn't take a long time, and the level of effort required is minimal. Even if you have hundreds of sites, onboarding, and deployment are straightforward. I rate it a nine out of ten. It takes less than a day to get a site onboarded. You need two to three resources to handle the deployment.
What other advice do I have?
In terms of security, we are planning to deploy more features and our current usage is primarily focused on branch networking. I rate the tool a nine out of ten. I rate the product a nine out of ten. I haven't faced any issues with the tool's documentation.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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