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Whatisunifiedthreatmanagement? Originallycalledunifiedthreatmanagement(UTM),thesecapabilitiesbetterknownasaNext-GenerationFirewall(NGFW)today,providemultiplesecurityfeaturesandservicesinasingledeviceorserviceonthenetwork,protectingusersfromsecuritythreatsinasimplifiedway.NGFWincludesfunctionssuchasanti-virus,anti-spam,contentfiltering,andwebfiltering. HowDoesNGFWProtectUsersandNetworks? ITteamsareconstantlyfacedwiththechallengeofprotectingtheircompanies’productivityanddigitalassetsagainstevolvingandsophisticatedthreats,includingspamandphishingattacks,viruses,trojansandspywareinfectedfiles,unapprovedwebsiteaccess,andunapprovedcontent.Theyhavetoaddressthesechallengeswithlimitedbudgetsandresources.Havingmultipleseparatedevices,eachdesignedtoperformaspecializedfunctionsuchasspamfiltering,webcontentfiltering,orantivirusprotectiondoesnotmakethistaskeasier.Rather,itaddstothecostandcomplexityofmanagingmultipleboxesandmultipleoperatingsystems. AnNGFWisasinglesystemthatprovidestheanswertoallofthesechallengesandmore: Itsecuresthenetworkfromviruses,malware,ormaliciousattachmentsbyscanningtheincomingdatausingDeepPacketInspection. Itpreventsattacksbeforetheyenterthenetworkbyinspectingthepacketheaders. Itpreventsaccesstounwantedwebsitesbyinstallingenhancedwebfiltering. Itprovidesabilitytoupdateautomaticallywiththelatestsecurityupdates,anti-virusdefinitions,andnewfeaturessothatminimalmanualinterventionisrequiredbeyondinitialset-up. Itenablesadministratorstomanageawiderangeofsecurityfunctionswithasinglemanagementconsole. Figure1:NGFWDeploymentinNetwork JuniperNetworksImplementation SRXSeries Next-GenerationFirewalls andthe vSRXVirtualFirewall includebest-in-classcontentsecurityagainstmalware,viruses,phishingattacks,intrusionattempts,spam,andotherthreatsthroughunifiedthreatmanagement,protectingagainstnetwork-levelattacks,application-levelattacks,andcontent-basedattacks.ThecomponentsprovidedinvariousNGFWsystemsinclude: Anti-spam–Tagsorblocksunwantede-mailtrafficbyscanninginboundandoutboundSMTPe-mailtraffic.Antispamfilteringallowsyoutousebothathird-partyserver-basedspamblocklist(SBL)andtooptionallycreateyourownlocalwhitelistsandblacklistsforfilteringagainste-mailmessages. Anti-virus–Usesascanningengineandvirussignaturedatabasestoprotectagainstvirus-infectedfiles,worms,trojans,spyware,andothermalwareoverPOP3HTTP,SMTP,IMAP,andFTPprotocols.Byusing JuniperAdvancedThreatPrevention(ATP),youcancombinetraditionalsignature-baseddetectionwithlatestanti-malwaretechnologiestodetectthreatsandmitigatethem. ContentFiltering–Providesbasicdatalosspreventionfunctionality.ContentfilteringfilterstrafficbasedonMIMEtype,fileextension,andprotocolcommands.YoucanalsousethecontentfiltermoduletoblockActiveX,JavaApplets,andothertypesofcontent.Contentfilteringdoesnotrequireaseparatelicense. WebFiltering–ProvidesURLfilteringcapabilitybyusingeitheralocalWebsenseserverorInternet-basedSurfControlserver.Webfilteringiscriticalasaservicefortrackingproductivityandcorporateuserbehavior. Resources PracticalResources TechnicalDocumentation UTMOverview LearnMore Product vSRX JuniperNetworksSecurity JuniperAdvancedThreatPreventionProducts Product Next-GenerationFirewallServices RelatedContent RESEARCHTOPICS WhatisAdvancedThreatPrevention? AdvancedThreatPrevention(ATP)detects,analyzes,andpreventsthreatsfrommalwarethathasevolvedtobypasstraditionalsecuritymethods. Readmore Backtotop