Single-vendor SASE platform replacing legacy security infrastructure
Cato Networks builds a cloud-native SASE platform—SD-WAN, firewall-as-a-service, and embedded security in a single stack—designed to replace legacy vendors like Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, and Imperva. The hiring profile is heavily sales-driven (94 sales roles vs. 49 engineering), indicating a land-and-expand motion in the mid-market. Active adoption of Splunk, ServiceNow, and CrowdStrike alongside projects in AI security and MSSP partnerships suggests the company is solving internal observability and operationalization challenges while scaling GTM infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Software Team Lead, Sales Director, Delivery Lead, Director of Engineering, Regional Sales Director
Cato Networks, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, is a 1,001–5,000 person security and networking company building a unified SASE platform. The product consolidates SD-WAN, Firewall-as-a-Service, remote access, zero-trust network access, and cloud-native security into a single offering, targeting organizations modernizing away from point-product stacks. The platform sits on a global backbone (AWS, Azure, GCP) and serves hybrid workforce and multi-cloud environments. Hiring is distributed across 18 countries with focus on North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Cato uses Swift, Objective-C, Java, Go, C/C++, Rust (client layers); Kafka, ClickHouse, Kubernetes, Docker (backend); and AWS, Azure, GCP (infrastructure). Monitoring via Datadog, Kibana, Grafana.
Cato is competing against and replacing Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, and Imperva, consolidating their functions into a single SASE platform.
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