Cato Networks
Israeli SASE cybersecurity company co-founded by Shlomo Kramer
| Cato Networks
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|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder(s) | Shlomo Kramer, Gur Shatz |
| Industry | Secure access service edge (SASE) / cybersecurity |
Cato Networks is an Israeli cybersecurity company co-founded in 2015 by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz. Kramer, previously a co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies and Imperva, is chief executive. Greylock Partners has described him as having honed his cybersecurity skills during military service "in an Israeli army intelligence unit that over the years produced many of the country's best-known entrepreneurs".[1] Check Point sources separately state that Kramer served in Unit 8200.[2]
Business
Cato sells cloud-based secure networking (SASE) for hybrid work. In September 2025 Ctech reported that Kramer's firm was acquiring Aim Security, an AI security startup "founded by Unit 8200 veterans", for an estimated $300-350 million in cash and shares. The same report said Cato employed about 1,400 people, half in Israel, and had raised about $1.1 billion.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ CATO: The Godfather of Israeli Cybersecurity Does It Again, Greylock, 18 April 2024.
- ↑ Assaf Gilead, Check Point names Nadav Zafrir next CEO, Globes, 24 July 2024.
- ↑ Sophie Shulman, Cyber unicorn Cato acquires Aim Security for $350 million amid AI cyber arms race, Ctech, 3 September 2025.