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Unified Threat Management is a comprehensive solution that has recently emerged in the network security industry and since 2004, has gained widespread currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations.
In theory, it is the evolution of the traditional firewall into an all-inclusive security product that has the ability to perform multiple security functions in one single appliance: network firewalling, network intrusion prevention and gateway antivirus (AV), anti-spam, VPN, content filtering, load balancing and appliance reporting.
The advantages of proactive unified security lies in the fact that rather than administering multiple systems that individually handle anti virus, content filtering, intrusion prevention and spam filtering functions, organizations now have the flexibility to deploy a UTM appliance that takes over all their functionality into a single rack mountable network appliance.
The worldwide UTM market was approximately worth $1.2 billion in 2007, with a forecast of 35-40% compounded annual growth rate through 2011. Some of the leading UTM vendors include Astaro, Check Point, Cyberoam, Endian, Fortinet, Juniper, SonicWall, Wiresoft,Untangle and Watchguard.
CloudCover Protocol requires a UTM solution in place before data insurance is likely.
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