Cato Networks Acquires Aim Security to Enhance AI Protection in SASE Cloud Solutions
Cato Networks has acquired Aim Security to enhance the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, facilitating secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and applications, both public and private. The company has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has added $50 million to its Series G funding round, originally announced in June, through an investment from Acrew Capital. This brings the total funding for the round to $409 million, maintaining the same terms and valuation. As AI transformation emerges as the next frontier for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Cato Networks positions itself as a critical control point for AI interactions, addressing the security, compliance, and privacy risks associated with new enterprise data interaction models. Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Cato Networks, stated that AI transformation will surpass digital transformation as the primary force shaping enterprises over the next decade.
Aim Security’s AI security solution encompasses three key use cases, supported by a unified core engine. It secures employee use of public AI applications by discovering shadow AI usage, monitoring end-user interactions, and enabling new AI use cases. Employees can safely utilise public and enterprise AI agents, such as Microsoft Copilot, and develop with AI coding agents like Cursor. Additionally, the Aim AI Firewall protects internal AI applications and agents from runtime attacks, enforcing corporate security policies across all interactions. Furthermore, Aim secures the entire AI development lifecycle through AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), continuously identifying and remediating security risks before they reach production. Aim’s research team has also identified the first reported CVE of a zero-click AI vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot, known as “EchoLeak” (CVE-2025-32711).
Categories: AI Security Solutions, SASE Cloud Enhancements, Enterprise AI Adoption
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