What is NextGen Firewall (NGFW)/Unified Threat Management (UTM)?

A Next Gen Firewall (NGFW) or Unified Threat Management (UTM), are a part of third generation firewall technology appliance with consolidated functionalities of Firewall, Gateway Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP), Application filtering with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), SSL encrypted traffic inspection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and third party identity […]

What is a Firewall?

A firewall (specifically a network firewall) is a network security appliance that monitors as well as controls incoming and outgoing network traffic. It takes action to either block or allow specific traffic based on pre-determined security rules. The very basic purpose of firewall is typically to establish a barrier between a […]