Unified threat management - Wikipedia

Unified threat management (UTM) is an approach to information security where a single hardware or software installation provides multiple security functions ... Unifiedthreatmanagement FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Unifiedthreatmanagement(UTM)isanapproachtoinformationsecuritywhereasinglehardwareorsoftwareinstallationprovidesmultiplesecurityfunctions.Thiscontrastswiththetraditionalmethodofhavingpointsolutionsforeachsecurityfunction.[1]UTMsimplifiesinformation-securitymanagementbyprovidingasinglemanagementandreportingpointforthesecurityadministratorratherthanmanagingmultipleproductsfromdifferentvendors.[2][3]UTMapplianceshavebeengainingpopularitysince2009,partlybecausetheall-in-oneapproachsimplifiesinstallation,configurationandmaintenance.[4]Suchasetupsavestime,moneyandpeoplewhencomparedtothemanagementofmultiplesecuritysystems.Insteadofhavingseveralsingle-functionappliances,allneedingindividualfamiliarity,attentionandsupport,networkadministratorscancentrallyadministertheirsecuritydefensesfromonecomputer.SomeoftheprominentUTMbrandsareCisco,Fortinet,Sophos,Netgear,FortiGate,Huawei,WiJungle,SonicWallandCheckPoint.[5]UTMsarenowtypicallycallednext-generationfirewalls. Features[edit] UTMsattheminimumshouldhavesomeconvergedsecurityfeatureslike Networkfirewall Intrusiondetectionservice(IDS) Intrusionpreventionservice(IPS) SomeoftheotherfeaturescommonlyfoundinUTMsare: Gatewayanti-virus Applicationlayer(Layer7)firewallandcontrol Deeppacketinspection Webproxyandcontentfiltering Emailfilteringforspamandphishingattacks Datalossprevention(DLP) Securityinformationandeventmanagement(SIEM) Virtualprivatenetwork(VPN) Networkaccesscontrol Networktarpit AdditionalsecurityservicesagainstDenialofServices(DoS),DistributedDenialofservice(DDoS),Zeroday,Spywareprotection Disadvantages[edit] AlthoughanUTMofferseaseofmanagementfromasingledevice,italsointroducesasinglepointoffailurewithintheITinfrastructure.Additionally,theapproachofaUTMmaygoagainstoneofthebasicinformationassurance/securityapproachesofdefenseindepth,asaUTMwouldreplacemultiplesecurityproducts,andcompromiseattheUTMlayerwillbreaktheentiredefense-in-depthapproach.[6] References[edit] ^"UnifiedThreatManagement".Gartner.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13Jul2017.Retrieved11December2017. ^"Unifiedthreatmanagementdevices".Techtarget.WaybackMachine.Archivedfromtheoriginalon11December2017.Retrieved11December2017. ^ "UTMandFirewallGrowthDrivetheWorldwideSecurityApplianceMarketExpansioninQ22017".BusinessWire.WaybackMachine.18September2017.Archivedfromtheoriginalon11December2017.Retrieved11December2017. ^"Whatarecommon(anduncommon)unifiedthreatmanagementfeatures?".SearchMidmarketSecurity.Retrieved2019-04-04. ^"10TopUnifiedThreatManagementVendors".2019-07-23.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2019-07-23.Retrieved2019-07-23. ^ToddMcGuiness."DefenseinDepth".sans.org.Archivedfromtheoriginalon22Dec2017.Retrieved22December2017. Authoritycontrol:Nationallibraries Germany Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_threat_management&oldid=1059720952" Categories:ComputernetworksecurityComputersecurityproceduresHiddencategories:ArticleswithGNDidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربيةDeutschEspañolفارسیFrançais한국어日本語PolskiPortuguêsRomânăРусскийTürkçeУкраїнська中文 Editlinks