Thursday, September 11, 2008
UTTo combat emerging threats to network security, firms need to adopt a unified approach to identifying and blocking attacks against their systems, a report to be published later this month will show.
Developed by Aberdeen Research, the Unified Threat Management study will urge businesses to combine firewalls, antivirus protection, web filtering and enterprise network security measures in an effort to avoid breaches.
Writing on Security Focus, Aberdeen research fellow Derek Brink, commented: "The never-ending flow of threats and vulnerabilities to networks, computers and application software is daunting."
However, he explained that by adopting unified threat management (UTM) approaches, businesses can turn this "necessary evil into a positive return on investment".
He added that while large businesses have been quick to take up this approach, there is also a growing number of small and mid-size businesses looking to cash in on unified network security services.
Elsewhere, PC Quest has described UTM as a first line of defense in the fight against today's complex security vulnerabilities.
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