Cato Networks, a SASE leader, is introducing two major innovations for the Cato SASE Platform to secure enterprise AI adoption at scale.
Cato is introducing Cato Neural Edge, deploying NVIDIA GPUs across Cato’s global private backbone to accelerate AI-driven analysis for real-time traffic inspection, threat detection, and policy enforcement, according to the company.
Additionally, Cato is launching Cato AI Security, converging advanced AI governance and protection capabilities from its recent acquisition of Aim Security into the Cato SASE Platform. With these innovations, Cato is delivering a SASE platform purpose-built to secure the AI era, the company said.
“AI is changing both sides of the equation: the threats we face and the defenses we need,” said Matan Getz, vice president of AI security at Cato Networks. “With Cato Neural Edge and Cato AI Security, we are empowering enterprises to strengthen AI-driven defense and govern enterprise AI without sacrificing performance or adding operational complexity.”
Traditional security controls were built to inspect files, user behavior, and application access, not the conversational and contextual interactions of AI prompts, chats, copilots, and agents. Without the appropriate guardrails, enterprises risk data leakage, intellectual property loss, compliance violations, and more.
To secure AI transformation, enterprises must evolve both their security controls and the infrastructure powering them, Cato said.
Cato Neural Edge enables:
- High-frequency execution of AI/ML models inline
- Real-time semantic and behavioral inspection
- Scalable analysis across global traffic flows
- Deterministic performance without external processing layers
Cato Neural Edge provides the infrastructure foundation for smarter, faster, AI-powered network security—delivered inline, everywhere, the company noted.
Furthermore, Cato AI Security unifies AI governance and runtime protection across major AI use cases—governing employee use of AI tools, securing homegrown AI applications, and enforcing guardrails for autonomous AI agents.
Cato AI Security operates as a standalone solution or alongside additional Cato SASE Platform capabilities, enabling enterprises to immediately secure AI transformation while providing a seamless path forward to broader network and security initiatives, such as SD-WAN, SSE, or Universal ZTNA (UZTNA).
All capabilities are managed through a unified control plane and policy engine, sharing context to deliver faster, more precise detection and response.
Cato AI Security is generally available to customers worldwide. Cato Neural Edge has been deployed across the Cato SASE Platform.
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