New Features & Enhancements
AI Assistant Includes API and Generates Queries: The AI Assistant now provides Cato API guidance and helps with GraphQL query generation. Simply start your prompt with /api and ask natural language questions to:
Get information about the Cato API
Create general GraphQL queries (these do not include data specific to your account)
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Enhanced Admin Experience for App Control and Data Protection Policies: Easily manage complex rulebases with more speed, flexibility, and control across Application Control, Data Protection, and File Control policies. Enhancements include:
GraphQL API support – Automate policy rule management using the Cato API. For details, see the Cato GraphQL API Reference
Concurrent editing – Multiple admins can modify policies in parallel without conflicts
Improved performance – Policy pages are more responsive, especially for rulebases with a large number of rules
Custom App Control & Data Protection User Client Notifications: If an Application Control or Data Control rule blocks a remote user’s action, a notification is displayed. You can now customize the title and text of this notification to provide a tailored message, in any language, for your organization.
Support for Custom SCIM App Integration in CMA: You can now streamline user provisioning and management by integrating custom SCIM apps with your Cato account, for IdPs that don’t have a Cato SCIM app.
Configure a custom SCIM app directly in your IdP to sync users with Cato
Use the SCIM API to create a custom SCIM integration
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Manage Site Bandwidth License via API: There are new beta APIs to assign, replace, update, and remove site licenses for single and pooled licenses. For more information, see Cato API Changelog.
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Terraform Modules for Bulk Network Range Provisioning: The new Network Ranges module (network-ranges-bulk) lets you automate large-scale provisioning of network ranges for sites using Infrastructure as Code. They integrate with CI/CD pipelines and support concurrent policy management, enabling multiple admins to edit and publish the network ranges in parallel.
Note:
Content described in this update is gradually rolled out to the Cato PoPs over a two-week period. In addition, new features are gradually activated in the Cato Management Application over the same two-week rollout period as the PoPs. For more information, see this article. See the Cato Status Page for more information about the planned maintenance schedule.