Cato Simpli昀椀es Network and Security Infrastructure If Cato intrigued the Standard Insurance team with its low cost, Cato won the day with its AWS connectivity. Cato’s points of presence (PoPs) are co-located in the same physical datacenters as the IXPs of Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud datacenter services, providing fast access to cloud resources across cloud providers and global regions. “Once we migrated our critical applications into the AWS cloud, we took Cato even more seriously because of their compatibility with the cloud network. This allows our branches to easily connect to the AWS cloud via the Cato network,” says Dela Cruz. Implementing Cato also allowed Standard Insurance to shorten deployment times. Dela Cruz and his team could eliminate all branch firewalls and Internet-based VPNs, and instead, send a Cato Socket, Cato’s small SD-WAN device to each branch for a non-technical person can simply plug it in. Once the Socket connects to the Internet, the Cato network recognizes it, joining the Socket into the SD- WAN. The Socket inherits the global security policies Dela Cruz and his team have configured for the network. “We can set up a branch in minutes with Cato,” says Dela Cruz. With Cato, Standard Insurance connected all users, sites, and cloud resources into a single backbone. Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next Case Studies - Banking/Credit union & Financial Services 16