Guardian Credit Union Improves Network Control & Security with Cato It was clear Cato was the most mature SASE solution out thereFirewall as a Service • Affordable MPLS Alternative Cloud applications demand Scott Rosen, Vice President of greater network visibility, without Technology compromising security or About Guardian increasing complexity Credit Union Guardian Credit Union is a regional business that faced big network Guardian Credit Union, challenges. The credit union needed better visibility and application an Alabama-based credit control, without compromising security or making the network so union, had a private complicated it would require a team of wizards to operate. network connecting 20 sites across a dozen Like many companies, Guardian had relied on a mix of point-to-point, Alabama counties. layer-2 connections to connect sites. The MPLS and Metro Ethernet The Layer-2 network network was configured in a hub-and-spoke, backhauling requests to mixed MPLS and Metro Guardian’s central datacenter to access applications, data, and from Ethernet point-to- there through a secured Internet portal. In short, it was the kind of point connections from complex configuration typica of legacy enterprise networks. the datacenter to the “I have experience in complex environments so it’s not hard for me to branches. Access to get it and support it, but I have other things to do too and so does our the cloud was through a team,” says Scott Rosen, vice president of technology for Guardian. secure Internet portal in the central datacenter. Applications included I have experience in complex environments so it’s not voice and, increasingly, hard for me to get it and support it, but I have other cloud applications, such things to do too and so does our team” as Microsoft 365 and Zoom. Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next Case Studies - Banking/Credit union & Financial Services 3