Multiple Attack Vectors Make a Sound Case for Unified Threat Management, Observes Frost & Sullivan

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Multiple Attack Vectors Make a Sound Case for

Unified Threat Management, Observes Frost &

Sullivan

PR Newswire

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, June 12, 2012

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New functionalities vital to stand out in a fiercely competitive

market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California

,

June 12, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Unified threat

management (UTM) integrates multiple security tools into a single network

appliance, enabling businesses to deploy enterprise-grade security without the

complexity and costs associated with multiple point products. The value of

integrated solutions becomes all the more apparent in an environment of

advanced attacks, wherein cyber criminals favor blended attacks that use

multiple vectors and require more than one security function.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.networksecurity.frost.com),

Analysis of the Unified Threat Management Market and the Impact of

Convergence

, finds that the market earned revenues of

$1.84 billion

in 2010

and estimates this to reach

$3.75 billion

in 2015.

If you are interested in more information on this study, please send an e-mail

with your contact details to Mireya Espinoza, Corporate Communications, at

[e-mail].

The rising number of high-profile breaches and companies' obligation to report

them publicly, further motivate businesses to invest in sophisticated network

security products such as UTM. Meanwhile, there is a marked shift toward

converged security and networking functionalities, which include quality of

service (QoS), Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6), load balancing and mobile

device management.

While the UTM value proposition of all-in-one security is strong, vendors must

continue to develop next-generation capabilities to meet evolving business

practices and stay competitive against specialized security solutions. Their

solutions must prove impenetrable, even when combating many new threat

vectors such as Web application vulnerabilities, as traditional security functions

are unequal to the task of warding them off.

"Businesses seek to leverage new technologies to stay competitive, but must

also accept the associated risks," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Chris

Rodriguez. "For UTM vendors, the ability to address these novel threats will

determine their success in the market."

UTM products integrate essential security technologies such as firewalls, virtual

private network (VPN), intrusion prevention, anti-malware, spam filtering, web

filtering and data leakage prevention. Many small businesses find tremendous

value in this approach and UTM solutions are becoming increasingly popular

within enterprise organizations as well.

"Innovative UTM vendors have developed new technologies capable of

inspecting network traffic based on extensive contextual data such as

application, user, time, device and location," notes Rodriguez. "This enables the

UTM products to more effectively and accurately identify and block threats."