Unified Threat Management (UTM)

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Unified threat management (UTM) is an all-in-one security appliance and agent that combines the functions of a firewall, malware scanner, intrusion detection, vulnerability scanner, data-loss prevention, content filtering, and so on.

• monitoring and management of diverse controls are consolidated into a single console
• weaknesses:
  • creates the potential for a single point of failure
  • can struggle with latency issues if subject to high levels of network activity
  • might not perform as well as software or a device with a single dedicated security function