With each new store, we had to manually establish VPN connections with every other location. At 昀椀rst it wasn’t that big a deal, but with more sites, we ended up spending hours establishing the VPN. It just didn’t scale.” What’s more with encrypted traffic (HTTPS) only growing, Zidaj was increasingly losing visibility into company’s Internet usage. The firewalls lacked the horsepower to decrypt the traffic. “We attempted to do URL filtering with our aging, end-point control software but it was hard to manage, lacked centralized reporting, and not all that effective. Users could easily get around it,” says Zidaj. As a result, security was at risk and visibility was limited. “We couldn’t tell if employees were watching YouTube or working. There was simply no easy way of enforcing security policies on Web traffic,” says Zidaj. Zidaj Rejects MPLS and Turns to Cyber Risk and Cato For Helpe Zidaj began looking around for a solution not only for his connectivity and security challenges. He considered deploying an MPLS service: “A lot of retailers were using MPLS and local firewalls,” he says, “But the approach was too costly and would have locked us into the telco.” Zidaj heard about Cato and turned to CyberRisk, a Cato partner, for assistance. “As a thought leader and trusted advisor in enterprise networking and security, we are excited to partner with Cato Networks in the ANZ region and see the value Cato delivers to our customers,” says Leong Wang, Director of CyberRisk. “Cato Networks is a leader in next-generation networks with integrated security services and is a huge differentiate from the aging global telco model.” Zidaj decided to take the plunge. He replaced his Internet-based VPN and end-point control software with Cato. Cato Cloud is the only managed SD-WAN service that connects and secures mobile users, the cloud, branch offices, and headquarters across Australia and the rest of the globe with the agility of the cloud. As a thought leader and trusted advisor in enterprise networking and security, we are excited to partner with Cato Networks in the ANZ region and see the value Cato delivers to our customers.” Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next Case Studies - Retail 10