June 11, 2025

Cato Networks Empowers Service Providers with Private PoP for SASE Delivery

Cato Networks has unveiled Cato Private PoP, a revolutionary solution that enhances performance, control, and profitability by enabling service providers to offer managed SASE (MSASE) services over their own network infrastructure. Enterprise clients get a smooth transition to the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, while service providers profit from using their excellent connectivity to provide SASE... Read More

French service provider Adista, a division of the Inherent Group, has implemented Cato Private PoPs in its data centers in France as part of their collaboration with Cato.

“We can ensure data sovereignty when we have Cato Private PoP on our premises. Furthermore, Jean-Félix Chevassu, cybersecurity director at Adista, stated, “This special integration into Adista’s private cloud ensures a simple connection to all managed services provided by Adista while lowering latency for improved resilience and performance of customers’ digital activities.” We are thrilled to be working with Cato Networks. Customer proximity is one of its main advantages since it blends the finest of Cato Networks’ technology with Adista’s know-how.

The Problem of Service Providers

For both new network deployments and the modernization of legacy network infrastructure, managed SD-WAN has emerged as the recommended approach. A single-vendor secure access service edge (SASE) solution will account for 65% of new software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) acquisitions by 2027, up from 20% in 2024, predicts Gartner®.One According to Gartner, the SASE market will reach $28.5 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.0% over the course of five years.

However, because of the operational complexity of their appliance-based network architectures, service providers find it difficult to benefit from this transition from MPLS to SASE. It is costly to roll out new firewall appliances, and it is frequently impossible to supply the newest capabilities without disruptive upgrades. Service providers are unable to effectively satisfy enterprise clients’ requests for enhanced network performance, data sovereignty compliance, and more robust security.

“High-value managed SASE services are a proven and substantial revenue opportunity,” stated Roy Chua, principal of AvidThink, an independent research and advising firm that focuses on infrastructure technologies. “Service providers worldwide recognize that.” “Cato Private PoP allows these providers to leverage and further monetize their network infrastructure while bringing their enterprise customers a comprehensive security offering that seamlessly integrates with existing connectivity services.” This issue is resolved by Cato Private PoP, which gives service providers the ability to smoothly grow their companies and offer unique and market-leading MSASE services with no operational costs within their current network infrastructure. Service providers can supply enterprise clients with a wide range of MSASE services through Cato Private PoP, which is powered by the Cato SASE Cloud Platform. This covers a broad range of networking (SD-WAN, acceleration, DEM, etc.) and security (FWaaS, SWG, IPS, DNS, NGAM, Sandbox, ZTNA, CASB, DLP, RBI, IoT/OT Security, etc.) features.

Service providers can enhance network performance, maintain traffic locally, and guarantee security and compliance by using Cato Private PoP, which is housed within their own network infrastructure. For service providers, Cato oversees the private PoP’s software lifecycle, which includes smooth rollouts of new features and security patches as well as automated software updates. It provides service providers with centralized multi-tenant management that supports co-branding and co-management, and it is built on top of Cato MSASE. This guarantees that the infrastructure offers the most recent features and functionalities to their enterprise clients while also drastically lowering the operational costs for service providers delivering MSASE services on their current network infrastructure.

Advantages of Private PoP in Cato

Service providers can effortlessly implement SASE capabilities with Cato Private PoP to achieve the following advantages:

Increase Revenue Opportunities: Reach the hitherto underserved SMB market segments and effortlessly upsell managed security services to enterprise accounts.
Facilitate Compliance with Data Sovereignty: Maintain client data locally within the network infrastructure of the service provider while taking legal and geographical sovereignty into consideration.
Streamline Processes: Get rid of complicated appliance-based and older multi-vendor systems. Take advantage of completely automated lifecycle management, which eliminates the need for patches and upgrades. Make sure that operations are robust, flexible, and effective.

According to Jason Pender, area vice president of global service providers at Cato Networks, “Cato Private PoP lets service providers win the SASE game on their terms.” “They are able to retain control of their network infrastructure and protect existing revenues while offering an industry-leading SASE solution that enterprises now demand – with none of the operational complexity associated with legacy vendors.”