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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

UTM (unified threat management)

Also written: UTM, UTM appliance, all-in-one security appliance

One appliance that bundles a firewall, IPS, gateway antivirus, web filtering, VPN and spam filter under one console. It suits a small team like Alex's but is a single point of failure.

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Related terms

NGFW (next-generation firewall)Single point of failureWeb filtering