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A Modern, Cloud-Native SASE Architecture—Fully Managed by Intelligent Visibility

Intelligent Visibility delivers a tightly integrated SASE solution powered by Cato Networks, giving organizations a secure, resilient, and high-performance network backbone with global reach. Our fully managed service unifies networking and security in a single cloud-native platform,  reducing complexity, improving visibility, and accelerating outcomes for hybrid work, SaaS adoption, and branch transformation.

We remove the burden of SASE operations while helping your team achieve better outcomes—across security, networking, and user experience.

What's Included in Our Managed SASE Solution

  • CATO Cloud Backbone: With built-in WAN optimization and end-to-end encryption

  • Global PoP Presence: For predictable performance and low-latency access to cloud/SaaS

  • Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS): Threat protection and centralized policy management

  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA): For identity-aware access to internal resources

  • Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and DNS Filtering

  • Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
  • End-to-end Observability through Aegis portal

  • 24/7 Management and Proactive Support through Intelligent Visibility's Aegis Team

  • Incident Response and Remediation

  • Configuration and Software Lifecycle Management 

The Business Outcomes of Managed SASE

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Simplified Operations & Reduced TCO

Our managed SASE solution streamlines operations by consolidating networking and security into a unified cloud-delivered service. Businesses no longer need to manage hardware refresh cycles, patch firewalls, or juggle multiple vendors. With Intelligent Visibility managing the environment, IT teams are free from the burden of day-to-day policy adjustments, troubleshooting, and performance tuning, reducing operational complexity and support overhead.

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Optimized Application Performance & User Experience

By leveraging Cato’s global private backbone, traffic is intelligently routed to minimize latency and jitter. This results in faster and more reliable access to cloud services, SaaS applications, and internal workloads, whether users are in branch offices, at home, or on the move. Features like local internet breakout and middle-mile acceleration ensure consistently strong performance and user satisfaction across the organization.

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Increase Business Agility

Security is delivered consistently across users, locations, and applications through tightly integrated Zero Trust Network Access, firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS), secure web gateways (SWG), and advanced threat prevention. Identity-driven policies follow users wherever they work, protecting the organization against shadow IT, malware, and lateral movement. With our added observability layer, customers gain real-time insights into network activity and security posture, enabling proactive risk management.

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Future-Ready Scalability & Agility

Our solution is built for growth and change. Whether you’re expanding through mergers and acquisitions, adopting a hybrid workforce, or migrating workloads to the cloud, our managed SASE service adapts without disruption. New locations can be brought online in hours with plug-and-play edge appliances, and security scales seamlessly without major infrastructure upgrades. It’s a platform designed for long-term agility and resilience.

Cato SASE + The Aegis Advantage
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Our managed SASE service is built on the industry-leading Cato Networks platform, enhanced by our proprietary Aegis operational framework. This combination delivers a fully integrated networking and security solution that is not only high-performing but also proactively managed for visibility, control, and resilience.

The Power of Cato SASE

We’ve selected Cato Networks as the foundation for our managed SASE offering because of their unified, cloud-native architecture that seamlessly converges SD-WAN, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), and advanced threat prevention.

Cato’s private global backbone, intelligent traffic steering, and built-in security stack allow us to deliver high-speed, secure access to cloud, internet, and internal applications—without the complexity of managing multiple point products. This is true SASE, purpose-built for enterprises embracing hybrid work, cloud transformation, and anywhere connectivity. 

The Aegis Difference: Co-Managed Simplicity with Proactive Operations

Technology alone isn’t enough. What sets us apart is Aegis, our co-managed service platform that turns a best-in-class solution into a fully supported, high-impact outcome. With Aegis, you get not just a toolset, but a trusted operating model that simplifies operations, accelerates troubleshooting, and ensures performance.

Aegis DashboardAegis PM (Performance Management): We deliver end-to-end visibility across your WAN, cloud, and user experience—backed by proactive monitoring and analytics. We help you optimize app performance and uncover issues before they affect your business. 

Aegis IR (Incident Response): Our 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC) leverages the Aegis IR engine to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate network issues, often before your users are even aware of a problem. We reduce the noise and let your team focus on what matters. And we own carrier tickets and OEM TAC cases from creation through resolution.

Aegis CM (Configuration Management): Our co-managed framework and custom playbooks provides a secure, audited process for making network policy changes. This gives your team the agility to choose to assignchanges to us or do them yourselves while ensuring proper governance and oversight.   

Aegis LCM (Lifecycle Management): We handle the complexities of software updates and patching, keeping you ahead of the curve and managing change windows around your schedules and change control policies.


Find the Right Fit: Managed SASE Service Tiers

We’ve structured our Managed CATO SASE service into three tiers—so you can select the right balance of control, visibility, and operational support to match your security posture and business agility goals.

Aegis SASE: Self-Managed

For Security-First Enterprises with Internal 24×7 SOC

From $129/mo

Technology:
Cato Networks SASE
 
High Availability:
Optional
 
Management:
Customer Managed through the Cato portal
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Support (Reactive)
 
Change Management:
Customer
 
Lifecycle Management:
Customer
 
Advanced Security:
Included
 
Strategic Consulting:
Additional Cost
 
Service Level Agreement:
30-min on P1 cases
Popular

Aegis SASE: Co-Managed Aegis PM+IR+CM+LM

For Enterprises seeking visibility and shared operational support

From $185/mo

Technology:
Cato Networks SASE + Aegis
 
High Availability:
Included
 
Management:
Fully Co-managed
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Proactive detection and response
 
Change Management:
Shared IVI / Customer
 
Lifecycle Management:
IVI
 
Advanced Security:
Included (FWaaS, Threat Protection, CASB, SWG, DNS)
 
Strategic Consulting:
Quarterly Business Reviews
 
Service Level Agreement:
15-min on P1 cases
Popular

Aegis SASE: Fully Managed + SOC

For Enterprises ready for a true SASE-as-a-Service experience

Custom

Technology:
Cato Networks SASE + Aegis + SOC
 
High Availability:
Included
 
Management:
Fully Managed
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Proactive detection and response + Threat Hunting
 
Change Management:
IVI
 
Lifecycle Management:
IVI
 
Advanced Security:
Includes FWaaS, SWG, CASB, ZTNA, IPS, Threat Hunting, DNS Security, and SOC
 
Strategic Consulting:
Quarterly Business Reviews and Quarterly Security Reviews
 
Service Level Agreement:
15-min on P1 cases

Frequently Asked Questions

What is included in Intelligent Visibility’s Aegis Managed SASE service?

Our Aegis-managed CATO SASE service includes performance management, incident response, configuration management, and long-term lifecycle management. Depending on the tier, we also provide co-managed SOC support for real-time threat monitoring and response.

What’s the difference between co-managed and fully managed?

In a co-managed model, your internal team retains control over policy decisions, while our team handles day-to-day operations, monitoring, and change management. Fully managed includes shared ownership of both policy and operations, with our SOC team taking an active role in security enforcement and threat response.

Do I still need my own firewall or VPN?

No. With CATO’s SASE platform, networking and security functions, including firewall-as-a-service, secure web gateway, and zero trust network access, are fully integrated into the cloud fabric. You can decommission legacy appliances and save the costs of licensing and support as well as freeing up rack space.

How quickly can we be onboarded?

Typical onboarding takes 3–6 weeks, depending on the number of sites, complexity of current environments, and the selected service tier. We handle configuration, policy migration, and performance tuning as part of the onboarding process. We can also handle circuit orders, physical deployment, and decommissioning of legacy equipment.

Can we keep our existing security tools?

Yes, but most clients consolidate over time. CATO can integrate with your SIEM, IDP, and other tools via APIs and logging. We’ll help you evaluate which components make sense to retain or phase out.

Do you provide 24×7 support?

Yes. All Aegis-managed SASE tiers include access to our 24×7 NOC. The Fully Managed + SOC tier also includes round-the-clock monitoring by our security analysts.

 

How do I choose the right service tier?

We’ll help you evaluate your internal capabilities, compliance requirements, and operational goals to select the right balance of control and managed support. Most clients start with the Co-Managed tier and scale into Full Managed + SOC as needs grow.

Can I make changes myself, or is it fully managed?

Your choice! Aegis is typically delivered as a co-managed service where we work from a custom playbook co-developed with you. However, if you want us to take complete ownership of the SASE stack for you we are happy to do so.


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