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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 March 2007-WICK HILL: UTMs or point solutions?; Ian Kilpatrick, of Wick Hill, looks at the pros and cons of both(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Unified threat management systems (UTMs) have been growing in popularity for the last few years and many people are now wondering whether individual point security solutions or a UTM, which incorporates several solutions, is the best answer.
The minimum requirement for a UTM, according to IDC, is a firewall, VPN, antivirus and intrusion detection/prevention. UTMs have, however, evolved from this to incorporate additional capabilities which can include URL filtering, spam blocking and spyware protection, as well as centralised management, monitoring, and logging capabilities.
The solutions provided by two major suppliers give an idea of what's on offer. WatchGuard's SOHO Edge series of UTMs, for example, combines stateful firewall, VPN, zero day protection, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, intrusion prevention, and URL filtering.
Check Point's UTM-1 appliance for the mid-market is very...
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