Cato SASE Platform

What it does

The Cato SASE Platform is a single-vendor Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform that converges networking and security into one cloud-native service, delivered from more than 100 points of presence on the Cato Neural Edge backbone. Its Single Pass Cloud Engine (SPACE) applies flow control, threat prevention, and application and data protection to each packet in a single pass rather than chaining appliances. One data lake and policy engine enforce identity, device posture, and data sensitivity rules across branch, cloud, remote, mobile, and AI-agent traffic.

How it works

Traffic reaches the Cato Neural Edge backbone through encrypted tunnels from Cato Socket appliances, the Cato Client, or IPsec endpoints. At the nearest point of presence, the Single Pass Cloud Engine applies firewall, intrusion prevention, Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), data loss prevention (DLP), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), remote browser isolation, and DNS security in one pass. Cato XOps correlates the telemetry with third-party endpoint detections in one data lake, risk-scores each incident, maps it to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, and narrates it with generative AI for remediation in the same console. Customers include Swissport, Carlsberg, and Darling Ingredients.

Credentials and traction

Cato Networks holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS Level 1 certifications and a HIPAA attestation. It is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms for the third consecutive year and a Leader and Outperformer in the 2026 GigaOm Radar for SASE. The platform serves more than 4,800 customers across manufacturing, retail, healthcare, financial services, and aviation, including Swissport, Carlsberg, Ulta Beauty, and Mary Kay.