Cato Cato Networks, headquartered in Israel, has been providing all-in-one cloud-native network security, SD-WAN, and ZTNA since its founding in 2015. In 2019, Gartner introduced SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), a new category of network security, and the company has been selected as a sample vendor for the second consecutive year. In November 2020, the company achieved a unicorn valuation of $1 billion. In October 2021, it received an additional $200 million in financing, and in November 2022, it became a centaur company, achieving $100 million in annual operating profit in just five years. Since July 2017, Macnica has been introducing SASE/SSE, the next-generation enterprise network architecture, to domestic customers as its primary distributor in Japan through sales, domestic support, customer success, and marketing activities.

Shlomo Kramer
Co-Founder and CEO
（Check Point, Imperva）

Co-founder and CEO Shlomo Kramer is one of the founding fathers of the network security industry. He co-founded Check Point Software, developer of the world's first commercially available firewall, and Imperva, a Web Application Firewall (WAF). Both of these companies are publicly traded at multi-billion dollar valuations. Shlomo has been an early investor in several successful cybersecurity companies, including Palo Alto Networks, Trusteer, and many others. He was named CEO of the Year by SC Magazine in 2008 and one of the "20 Notable People Who Changed the Networking Industry" by Network World in 2006. He was inducted into the InfoSec Hall of Fame in April 2013 and was named SC Media 2024 Security Executive of the Year in 2024.

Cato Networks has received high marks in third-party evaluations.

A SASE leader for the second year in a row:
“Magic Quadrant™ for Single-vendor SASE”2024
“Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platform”2025

• Named to the Fortune Cyber60 2025 for the second consecutive year, it is one of the top companies in the cybersecurity growth space.
• Named to the Forbes Cloud 100 2024. One of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world
• GigaOm 2-time Leader and Outperformer
  Radar Report for Secure Service Access Report 2023
• Forrester Zero Trust Edge Leader Forrest Wave for Zero Trust Edge 2023
• Frost & Sullivan Global Security Service Edge (SSE) Leader Product Leadership Award 2023

Japan Leading Distributor

Macnica has been acting as the primary distributor of Cato Networks in Japan since 2017. We were recognized as the leader among domestic distributors in terms of sales, new project creation, and number of new projects acquired in 2023 and 2024. We will continue to work to ensure that everyone can use Cato SASE with confidence.

Best Japanese support by Macnica

We have many years of experience and a proven track record in introducing many overseas high-tech companies to Japan.
Macnica is one of the few companies in the world to be certified as a "Cato Distinguished Support Provider" by Cato Networks.
We also provide SOC services and implementation services, and support our customers in utilizing their systems after purchase. We also have certified SASE Expert/SSE Expert sales staff on staff, who will support you in using SASE/SSE with confidence.

For Cato sockets on SD-WAN routers, we provide domestic on-site maintenance and 23/365 on-site maintenance, so you can use CATO SASE with peace of mind.