ato Networks , provider of a

SASE platform , has announced Carlsberg Group as its latest enterprise customer . The third largest brewer in the world chose single-vendor SASE to transform its global network and security infrastructure . The Cato deployment will span 200 + locations and 25,000 remote users worldwide . Instead of security appliances , Carlsberg will rely on Cato ’ s cloud-native security capabilities , including SWG , CASB , DLP , ZTNA , FWaaS , IPS and NGAM .

“ We were looking to move from several regional service providers with fragmented technical solutions to one integrated network and security stack with an end-to-end managed service ,” said Laurent Gaertner , Global Director of Networks at the Carlsberg Group . “ The Cato SASE Cloud and service offering perfectly matched our requirements .”

Legacy network leads to security risks and application disruptions

Established in 1847 , the Carlsberg Group is the world ’ s third largest brewer with US $ 10.6 billion in revenue spanning over 140 brands . Carlsberg ’ s network connects 200 + sites across Western & Central Europe and the Asia regions . to retain MPLS just to ensure proper voice quality ,” said Gaertner . “ And with Microsoft Teams , it doesn ’ t take a lot of latency for the application collaboration features to become unusable .”

The mix of appliances also created security problems . With multiple firewall appliances , visibility was fragmented . Multiple sets of security policies had to be maintained , which increased complexity and risk . Carlsberg ’ s Cyber Security Group wanted Zero Trust to be implemented consistently , which also wasn ’ t possible with the legacy network .

Legacy network problems led to strategic IT challenges

From a strategic perspective , building the legacy network from different providers and technologies prevented IT from delivering consistent service levels worldwide .

Day-to-day management was also compromised . Change requests took too long in part because of the different management interfaces , which complicated problem identification and resolution . Coordinating the different layers of the solution with different service providers became a real challenge .

Carlsberg assesses singlevendor SASE , entrusts Cato with its global infrastructure

To address those problems , the company began looking for a single , global SASE solution . Cato ’ s rich security capabilities meant Carlberg would have one platform and one security policy worldwide protecting all edges – sites with SD-WAN devices , the cloud with native cloud connectivity and mobile users running the Cato Client . “ The Cato security features are a significant step ahead in our Zero Trust implementation strategy and the future innovation will bring us even further ,” said Tal Arad , Vice President of Global Security & Technology at Carlsberg . u

The legacy network , built from different regional point solutions and technologies , proved to be challenging to manage for Carlsberg . Opening new locations took too long . VPN performance into China was a problem . And across regions , the Internet-based SD-WAN connecting locations was unsuitable for the company ’ s VoIP and fully utilising all Microsoft Office 365 features . “ We had intelligent NETWORK SECURITY www . intelligentciso . com

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