At RSA Conference 2024, Cato Networks introduced Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab), which is our cyber threat intelligence (CTI) team. Cato CTRL protects organizations by collecting, analyzing and reporting on external and internal threats, utilizing the data lake underlying the Cato SASE Cloud Platform. For 2024, Cato CTRL is publishing quarterly threat reports that provide an overview of the threat landscape.

Netskope is one of only two vendors positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant reports for both key categories: Security Service Edge and Single-Vendor SASE. What’s more, the Gartner companion report, Critical Capabilities for Single-Vendor SASE, recognized Netskope as the only Single-Vendor SASE vendor that ranked among the 3 highest scoring vendors in all 3 Use Cases, with the highest score for the Zero Trust Platform Use Case (4.02/5.00).

Healthcare and pharma companies are at the forefront of our most important need as humans: saving lives. To succeed, they require highly skilled staff members, medical equipment, drugs and resources. On top of these, there is another equally crucial component that will determine their ability to perform their jobs: their network. A secure, reliable and high performing network will ensure patient safety, data integrity and operational efficiency.

“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” The road to becoming a trusted partner to your customers has no shortcuts. As you review your portfolio, filled with various network and IT security solutions you’ve accumulated over the years, you believe each fulfills the needs of your customers. Each solution represents significant investments in resources and efforts to stay competitive and succeed.

The Paris Olympics are coming up, arousing excitement and anticipation around the globe. As the world’s greatest athletes prepare to compete on this renowned stage, let’s shift our focus to a few of the earliest Olympics competitors – the Greek Gods. These deities, myth says, competed in the ancient Olympics, and later on, the Games were held in their honor. To this day, the Olympics are a global festival of what the Gods symbolized – strength, resilience and elegance.

A lot has happened since the 2008 financial crisis and credit crunch, including a significant increase in cloud app adoption in financial services and a rise in cyber attacks targeting those apps. To keep the financial sector safe and secure, the EU introduced new rules. Initially, these regulations focused on ensuring banks had enough capital to handle financial problems. However, as cyberattacks became a bigger threat, the EU recognised the need for additional measures.

Many companies are stepping up their security measures to protect against cyber risks associated with the increasing use of cloud services and remote work. As a result, the global deployment of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is on the rise. According to the 2024 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey, 39% of respondents have already deployed SASE or plan to do so within the next 24 months.

Guest blog by Jaye Tillson, Field CTO, Distinguished Technologist, HPE Aruba Networking The legal profession has long been a custodian for a significant of sensitive data. From mergers and acquisitions to intellectual property disputes, law firms hold the keys to a kingdom of confidential client information. However, in the digital age, this crown jewel has become a prime target for cybercriminals.

Healthcare information security teams are tasked with a common responsibility: safeguarding devices, services, and patient data; however, they also deal with the unique regulatory and compliance requirements surrounding patient data. Compounding this challenge is the sheer number of branch offices, connectivity to internal- and cloud-based applications, and all of the disparate point products accumulated over time.

SASE is all about strategically solving business problems. The systematic removal of technology barriers standing in the way of business outcomes. It is a brand new “how” (platform) for a well-known “what” (features). When we started Cato in 2015, we were immersed in skepticism. Can you actually build a cloud network that will replace MPLS circuits with decades of proven reliability?