Unified Threat Management (UTM)

September 2004, IDC added the "unified threat management" concept, is about anti-virus, intrusion detection and firewall security devices placed under the Unified Threat Management (referred to UTM) new categories. IDC antivirus, firewall and intrusion detection is called the concept of integration into a new category of unified threat management, this concept has aroused great attention from the industry and promote the integrated security device market segment is represented by the birth. Proposed by the IDC UTM refers to hardware, software and network technology have formed special purpose equipment, which provides one or more of the major security features, a variety of security features will be integrated into a hardware device, the form of a standard uniform management platform. From this definition, the point of view, IDC not only raised the specific form of UTM products, but also covers the more far-reaching logical categories. From the first part of the definition of view, put forward a number of security vendor multi-function security gateway, integrated security gateway, the integration of safety equipment and other products can be classified into the UTM product category; view from the second half, UTM The concept is also reflected in the information industry after years of development, the overall understanding of the security system and deep understanding. At present, UTM often defined as hardware, software and network technology have formed special purpose equipment, which mainly provides one or more security features, while a variety of security features integrated into a hardware device, the formation of a unified threat to the standard management platform. UTM device should have the basic functions, including network firewalling, network intrusion detection / prevention and gateway anti-virus function.
 Although UTM integrates multiple functions, but they do not have to open simultaneously. According to the different needs of different users and different network size, UTM products are divided into different levels. That is, if users need to open multiple functions simultaneously, you need to configure the relatively high performance, feature rich products.