Diamond Braces Uses Cato to Boost WAN Security, Performance, and Reliability Secure and Optimized SD-WAN The Challenge: Easy Deployment Alexander Azikov, and Management; Fast, Reliable IT Manager Connectivity About Doctors’ and dentists’ offices have stringent security requirements, Diamond Braces thanks to HIPAA and other regulations for protecting patient data. They Headquartered in New work with large X-ray image files and many have been moving medical York City, Diamond Braces consists of 32 orthodontist management applications to the cloud. For dentist office chains, such offices in New York as Diamond Braces, fast, secure, reliable communications among State, New Jersey, and locations and the cloud are an absolute requirement. Connecticut. Before Cato, The Diamond Braces network spans 32 orthodontist locations in most Diamond Braces’ locations were connected New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with headquarters in through broadband and New York City. Before Cato, most Diamond Braces locations were Internet VPNs. Only the connected via Internet VPNs, with fiber running only from its main main office and call center office and call center. Each location ran a separate firewall gateway/ used fiber. Security came VPN appliance, which led to increasing complexity as the number of from a firewall gateway/VPN locations grew. “It was all getting too difficult to manage and it was appliance installed at each taking too much time to ensure it worked properly,” says Alexander location. Azikov, IT Manager at Diamond Braces. We had people accessing malicious sites, often unintentionally via a typo or spam mail. We needed the capability to warn them or block those sites. I was also looking to add IPS capabilities and I needed an integrated solution that could do it all with a single-pane-of-glass.” Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next Case Studies - Healthcare 7