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UTM Firewall vs IPS appliance
From: John Kaftan <jkaftan () UTICA EDU>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:42 -0400
Hello: We are looking at refreshing our firewalls and are wondering what others are doing in terms of IPS. Is the UTM firewall winning over a separate IPS appliance? What are you using and why? I could see a few different factors when considering this decision. 1. Budget. Single appliance is likely less expensive than 2. 2. Culture. If security is a separate dept than networking perhaps it would make more sense to have the security team run the IPS as a separate appliance and the network team control the traditional FW. 3. For some the answer might be both if you have a fat budget and want redundancy in IPS. 4. If you want to have multiple sensor points perhaps a series of IPS appliances would be best. UTMs are typically just at the edge. 5. Any other factors to consider such as performance? Thanks: -- John Kaftan IT Infrastructure Manager Utica College
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