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9 Must-Have WAF Features to Protect SaaS Applications in 2025

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry continues its explosive growth, fundamentally transforming how businesses operate worldwide. As of 2024, more than 30,000 SaaS providers serve a global base of over 14 billion SaaS users, delivering mission-critical solutions across CRM, HR, finance, collaboration, and a wide range of specialized enterprise functions, placing SaaS at the core of digital transformation.

Cato CTRL Threat Research: PoC Attack Targeting Atlassian's Model Context Protocol (MCP) Introduces New "Living off AI" Risk

Most organizations assume a clear boundary between external users, who submit support tickets or service requests, and internal users, who handle them using privileged access. However, when an internal user triggers an AI action from a model context protocol (MCP) tool, such as summarizing a ticket, that boundary can break.

Cato + AWS: The power of partnership for a secure, connected cloud

In enterprise IT, there’s a familiar story: moving applications to the cloud is easy—but securely connecting cloud workloads isn’t. Cloud migration is no longer a question of if, but how fast enterprises can make the shift. As of 2025, an estimated 67% of enterprise infrastructure runs in the cloud, highlighting the widespread adoption of cloud hosting and infrastructure services worldwide.

Everything You Need to Know About Web Application Firewalls

Protecting client-side web applications and websites is a critical goal shared by both the application development and cybersecurity teams. Web application vulnerabilities are among the most common attack vectors. However, there’s still confusion over who owns client-side security: As application security shifts left, the answer is: both teams must collaborate.

Cato CTRL Threat Research: WormGPT Variants Powered by Grok and Mixtral

When large language models (LLMs) became popular following OpenAI’s public release of ChatGPT in November 2022, threat actors understood the potential of such systems and how they can be used in their malicious operations. However, the main challenge that threat actors encountered a couple of years ago is that the LLMs were censored and didn’t allow the creation of malicious content. Enter WormGPT.

Are WAFs Obsolete? Pros, Cons, and What the Future Holds

Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) have long served as the front line of defense for web applications, filtering out malicious traffic and enforcing security policies. But as threats grow more sophisticated and application environments become more dynamic, many are questioning whether traditional WAFs are still up to the task. In 2025, with the rise of cloud-native applications, APIs, and machine learning-driven attacks, it's no longer enough to rely on static, rule-based filtering.

Securing Remote Connections When Working from Multiple Devices

As remote work becomes routine, employees access systems from home, public WiFi, or shared spaces, making secure connections across multiple devices essential. This growing flexibility expands the attack surface, giving hackers more opportunities to exploit weak points. To stay protected, organisations need layered security measures, including strong authentication, encryption, and strict access controls. With remote access here to stay, understanding these essentials is critical for both IT teams and users.

Cato Networks Receives "Deployed on AWS" Badge on AWS Marketplace, Further Accelerating SASE Adoption for AWS Customers

Today, we’ve announced during AWS re:Inforce 2025 that Cato Networks has received the “Deployed on AWS” badge, which identifies Amazon Web Services (AWS) partners whose products are powered by AWS infrastructure. As a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE, Cato sets the standard for converging networking and security in a single, cloud-native platform.