\n\u201cInitially I had the impression that Cato was just a VPN alternative for remote work and learning,\u201d says Kusunoki. \u201cAs we looked at other Cato options, however, we came to the conclusion that Cato could replace our firewalls and other existing security solutions and go a long way towards optimizing future IT investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Cato connects all global enterprise network resources \u2014 including branch locations, mobile users, and physical and cloud datacenters \u2014 into a single secure, global, cloud-native network service. With all WAN and Internet traffic consolidated in the cloud, Cato applies a suite of robust security services to protect all traffic, including anti-malware, next-generation firewall, content filtering, and IPS.
Connecting a location to Cato is just a matter of installing a simple Cato Socket appliance, which links automatically to the nearest of Cato\u2019s more than 70 globally dispersed Points of Presence (PoPs). At the local PoP, Cato provides an onramp to its global backbone and security services. The backbone is not only privately managed for zero packet loss and 5 9\u2019s uptime; it also has built-in WAN optimization to dramatically improve throughput. Cato monitors network traffic and selects the optimum path for each packet across the Cato backbone. Mobile users run across the same backbone, benefiting from the same optimization features, improving remote access performance.
Kusunoki started his Cato investment with home online learning. \u201cThis gave everyone the chance to use the system and see how user friendly it was,\u201d says Kusunoki. \u201cI think that was a very significant factor in our decision to move forward with more of Cato\u2019s options. We could see that Cato could consolidate and replace our current equipment and be very effective in reducing our network and security costs.\u201d
Home learning deployment was smooth, thanks in part to Waseda\u2019s partnership with GlobalDots. \u201cThey helped us do the Proof of Concept (POC) and then we were able to implement the system pretty quickly,\u201d says Koizumi,\u201d Upper management was able to use the system during the POC, which helped lead to their approval.<\/p>\n
Simplicity and Scalability at Low Cost<\/h2>\n
Koizumi was impressed with how quickly the university could ramp up bandwidth using Cato. \u201cIf you\u2019re using on-premises hardware, you often have to replace it to upgrade bandwidth, but with Cato there\u2019s no hardware to replace,\u201d says Koizumi. \u201cCato let me handle bandwidth upgrades almost instantly.\u201d Quick bandwidth upgrades have been very helpful as the university has relied more and more on cloud services during the pandemic. Koizumi sees a future in which regular costly equipment upgrades may be history.
Kusunoki was also impressed with how unintrusive Cato\u2019s security services were.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe security solutions we had been using up until then sometimes had a negative impact on user convenience, but Cato\u2019s security services let people work freely and securely wherever they were,\u201d says Kusunoki. \u201cEven people on site liked Cato.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Koizumi feels that Cato\u2019 identity authentication and detailed monitoring capabilities have improved the university\u2019s security posture immensely. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy to visualize all the traffic and users on the network,\u201d says Koizumi, \u201cand keep an eye on what users are doing.\u201d
Kusunoki looks at Cato as more than a network and security solution, however. \u201cIt\u2019s not something just to put in and get comfortable with,\u201d says Kusunoki. \u201cI see Cato SASE as a tool for digital transformation promotion. We can use it to reorganize our entire security portfolio, reduce costs, and bring out the best in our students, professors, and administrators. The ability to work productively and securely anywhere gives a great boost to all our digital transformation initiatives.\u201d
Kusunoki strongly urges other universities and organizations to look into the Cato solution. \u201cSeeing is believing. It\u2019s easy to give Cato a try. You can start with remote workers, but however you start, take a good look at it\u201d<\/p>\n
Background<\/h2>\n
Based in Tokyo, Waseda University is one of top institutions of academic research and higher learning. Prior to Cato, Waseda relied on VPN hardware to enable its approximately 3,000 students, professors, and administrators to work or learn remotely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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