Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Stop attacks in real time.
Cato IPS delivers real-time protection against advanced threats across all Internet, WAN, and cloud traffic.
Catch what signatures miss.
Cato Dynamic Prevention adds long-context, behavior-based prevention that adapts inline controls automatically as risky patterns emerge.
Every packet. Every location.
An elastic, cloud-native IPS inspects all traffic, including TLS.
Advanced attacks evade old defenses.
Signature blind spots
Advanced attacks use legitimate tools and unfold gradually — evading signature-based IPS that only knows yesterday's threats.
Ransomware & lateral movement
Delivery, command-and-control, and propagation across the WAN turn one foothold into an enterprise-wide incident.
Slow CVE mitigation
Patching emerging CVEs takes process, resources, and time — leaving a dangerous window open to attack.
Appliance limits
Traditional FW/IPS appliances force you to limit traffic or trim signature sets, so some traffic goes uninspected.
Inspect everything.
Prevent in real time.
Traditional IPS appliances can't keep pace with encrypted traffic and a constant stream of new threats. Cato IPS inspects all traffic in the cloud against a continuously updated threat database, blocking exploits everywhere with no hardware to size or patch.
Zero Trust Security (SSE) Solution BriefInspect all traffic
Inspect every Internet, WAN, and cloud flow, including TLS, with elastic cloud compute — no appliance limits.
Detect with AI + heuristics
Combine AI/ML models, a purpose-built heuristics language, and 250+ threat intel feeds to find known and unknown threats.
Prevent in real time
Block delivery, C&C, and lateral movement inline — and adapt controls automatically as risky patterns emerge.
Cato Networks Advanced Security Services
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Capabilities
Phishing & malware protection with AI/ML
AI/ML models in the real-time engine catch Domain Squatting, DGAs, and brand impersonation that evade reputation-based tools.
- Detect DGAs and domain squatting with deep learning
- Spot brand impersonation via favicon, image, and text analysis
- Move post-mortem techniques into real-time prevention
Purpose-built heuristics language
Heuristics examine real network traffic against conditions standalone IPS can't see — part of Cato's Single Pass Cloud Engine.
- Factor URL class, app ID, and target risk score
- Use device fingerprint and user authentication
- Robust real-time prevention via true SASE convergence
Automated AI-managed threat intelligence
A purpose-built AI reputation system aggregates and scores 250+ threat intel feeds, with near-zero false positives.
- Continuously map and clear overlaps between feeds
- Measure record quality and simulate real-traffic impact
- Auto-publish an updated blacklist to all Cato PoPs
Dynamic Prevention for slow-burn attacks
Continuously analyzes activity over time to spot emerging risk, then automatically enforces inline adaptive restrictions.
- Catch patterns signature-based IPS misses
- Stop attacks early and reduce dwell time
- Built into the Single Pass Cloud Engine — no overhead
Prevention of ransomware across the kill chain
With full visibility to Internet and WAN traffic, Cato IPS blocks delivery and C&C and stops lateral movement.
- Block malicious downloads and ransomware C&C domains
- Detect and block lateral-movement patterns on the WAN
- Reduce exposure and minimize potential impact
Rapid mitigation of emerging threats
Cato's experts build, test, and deploy new IPS rules in record time, securing networks the moment mitigation matters.
- Virtual patching for high-risk emerging CVEs
- No customer involvement required
- Stay protected while you patch impacted systems
Cloud-scale traffic inspection
Massive cloud compute inspects all traffic, including TLS, with no need to fine-tune signature sets or limit what's inspected.
- Inspect cloud, branch, and remote-user traffic
- No FW/IPS appliances to scale or upgrade
- No traffic left uninspected by resource limits
Geo-fencing in a single global policy
Block traffic to and from geographies your organization has no business need to interact with.
- Block inbound, outbound, or both directions
- One global policy for all users and locations
- A simple, high-impact way to shrink attack surface
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