A security appliance that integrates multiple functions, such as a firewall and IPS, into a single device.
Short for Unified Threat Management, a security appliance that integrates multiple functions such as a firewall, IPS, and antivirus. Because it consolidates everything into one box, it can become a single point of failure and a processing bottleneck, which makes it better suited to small or midsize sites without dedicated security staff than to large, high-traffic environments.
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