A Manager's Guide to Unified Threat Management and Next-Gen Firewalls

Unified threat management (UTM) systems are among the most widely used tools in the information security arsenal. The concept of unified threat management is very appealing: multiple critical security technologies, integrated on a single platform, provided by a single vendor. But the process of evaluating UTM options is not simple.

This guide is intended to help executives and managers evaluate UTM systems by answering the following questions:

• Why invest in unified threat management?
• What is the difference between UTM and next-generation firewall (NGFW)?
• Which security technologies should be included?
• What is important about ease of management?
• How can UTM systems protect employees at remote offices?
• What flexibility and future-proofing should you consider?