Word of the Day: UTM

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms |June 3, 2014

UTM Unified threat management (UTM) is an approach to security management that allows an administrator to monitor and manage a wide variety of security-related applications and infrastructure components through a single management console. UTMs, which are typically purchased as cloud services or network appliances, provide firewall, intrusion detection, antimalware, spam and content filtering and VPN capabilities in one integrated package that can be installed and updated easily. UTMs for enterprise customers may also include more advanced features such as identity-based access control, load balancing, quality of service (QoS), intrusion prevention, SSL and SSH inspection and application awareness. The principal advantage of a UTM product is its ability to reduce complexity. The principal disadvantage is that a UTM appliance can become a single point of failure. UTM appliances are sometimes referred to as next-generation firewalls. Quote of the Day "For a long time UTM products have been a staple of the security infrastructures of small and medium-sized businesses, but in recent years the market sector has grown to include large enterprise options as well." - David Strom   Quiz Yourself The Robert Morris worm is widely acknowledged as the first computer worm to be distributed across the Internet. When was it released? a. November 2, 1988 b. April 1, 1993 Answer Related Terms Related Terms next-generation firewall single pane of glass cloud service network appliance intrustion detection intrusion prevention antimalware VPN access control list load balancing QoS SSL SSH application awareness Related Tags Integrated security appliances and systems   Required Reading Enterprise UTM products: Five questions to ask before purchasing Before purchasing an enterprise UTM product, it is critical to ask your business these five questions to ensure the investment will pay off. Using UTM to lower costs, reduce latency and improve security rollouts Learn three top benefits of employing a unified threat management (UTM) appliance in the enterprise. Scoping out the UTM market: UTM vendors at a glance Get help figuring out who's who in the UTM market with this comprehensive list of UTM vendors. Stay In Touch FOLLOW WHATIS.COM     CONTACT US For feedback about any of our definitions or to send us ideas for new definitions, please contact us at: editor@techtarget.com About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2013 TechTarget. All rights reserved.