Extensible Threat Management (XTM)
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Extensible Threat Management (XTM) is the next generation of Unified Threat Management
(UTM), integrated network security appliances.
As stated by IDC
industry analyst Charles Kolodgy, in SC Magazine (May 2, 2008), Kolodgy reports,
Unified threat management
Unified Threat Management is a comprehensive solution that has recently emerged in the network security industry and since 2004, has gained widespread currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations...
(UTM), integrated network security appliances.
As stated by IDC
IDC
-Businesses and organizations:* Industrial Development Corporation, also known as Castle Grande, an Arkansas company involved in the Whitewater political controversy* Interactive Data Corporation , a financial services company...
industry analyst Charles Kolodgy, in SC Magazine (May 2, 2008), Kolodgy reports,
"IDC believes that UTM will remain the primary security solution for distributed environments, but within the enterprise it will evolve into an eXtensible Threat Management (XTM) platform. XTM platforms will take security appliances beyond traditional boundaries by vastly expanding security features, networking capabilities and management flexibility. Future XTM appliances should provide automated processes – such as logging, reputation-based protections, event correlation, network access control and vulnerability management. Adding to the networking capabilities will be management of network bandwidth, traffic shaping, throughput, latency and other features, including unified communications."
See also
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