Verizon Business UTM offering  
ConvergenceAsia staff
11/01/2008

To help companies around the world better defend against the rising number of security threats, Verizon Business will monitor and manage a range of products that combine numerous critical security functions into a single piece of equipment.

The offering, known as unified threat management (UTM), is immediately available in the US and in many countries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

UTM offers businesses an efficient approach to security and is particularly well-suited for mid-sized businesses and remote locations within an enterprise. It provides companies with a multifaceted defense against a range of network security threats and includes firewall protection, detection and elimination of viruses and spam, content filtering, intrusion prevention and intrusion detection.

As more organisations cope with the inherent security risks associated with doing business in an extended enterprise environment, Verizon Business’ UTM offering also can help protect data flowing across partner, supplier and customer networks.

“Unified threat management is gaining traction in the corporate marketplace,” said Kerry Bailey, vice president of Verizon Business Security Solutions. “Delivering support for UTM underscores our ongoing commitment to provide enterprises with leading-edge technology that safeguards critical company data in a world without boundaries.”

These new managed service capabilities from Verizon Business will initially be delivered across two UTM platforms – Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliances) and the Juniper Networks Secure Services Gateway (SSG) Family.

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