Unified Threat Management

The sheer multitude, types and severity of internet threats creates a huge overhead for your IT team. Even if you outsource your network security support or management to a partner like Metadigm, the number and range products available for different functions can be bewildering.

While 'point solutions' offer excellent protection against specific categories of threats and provide highly detailed management and reporting capability, it is very hard for an in-house team to retain the necessary skills to install, support and manage everything.

The UTM approach combines some or all of the firewall, VPN gateway, web/URL filtering, anti spam, anti virus, anti spyware, intrusion prevention and traffic shaping functionality into a single appliance or platform, which makes product selection, installation, updating, support and management much more straightforward.

Why use UTM?

Unified Threat Management, also known as 'blended' or 'multi' threat management offers organizations a way of integrating multiple security features, such as firewall, anti-virus, intrusion prevention and detection systems and URL filtering into a single secure solution.

According to IDC: 'Appliances that offer multiple security applications incorporated on a single platform present users with a cost-effective and simple way of implementing and managing a range of key security technologies.'

Benefits

The UTM approach is ideal for more cost sensitive organizations requiring tangible reduced total cost of ownership for their security infrastructure:
1) Reduced outlay costs: UTM is (on the whole) less expensive when compared to the combined cost of buying comparable point products to perform individual security functions
2) Reduced administrative overhead: heavily burdened IT teams no longer have to deal with the installation, support and management of multiple different technologies and solutions

How can Metadigm help with your UTM requirements?

Metadigm works with the world's leading providers of UTM appliances, Fortinet, Check Point and Juniper. We can advise on the choice of appliance for your specific requirements and can supply, install, support and manage your appliances across multiple sites for you.

	Fortinet's range of appliances offers full firewall and VPN features and also includes anti-virus, web URL filtering, anti spam and intrusion detection with no per user licence limits. Find out more >
	Check Point offers a range of UTM appliances for organisations of all sizes, starting at the lowest level with Edge Boxes for a single site and a few users up to enterprise class appliances for thousands of users. Find out more >
	The Juniper Networks family of security solutions includes a range of UTM appliances for organizations of all sizes. Find out more >

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