New Line of UTM Firewalls for SMBs

A new line of UTM Firewalls from McAfee have been specifically designed for Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMB) and is available in seven different models for SMBs with features like intrusion prevention, network firewall protection, and VPN services.
The McAfee UTM Firewalls, formerly referred to as SnapGear, are multifunctional network security appliances that every small and medium sized business needs. They can be deployed as just a firewall, as a VPN gateway, a UTM security appliance, or as a complete office network-in-a-box Internet appliance for SMBs, with all of the wide area networking tools needed to serve large enterprise remote offices.
According to McAfee their Unified Threat Management (UTM) Firewalls provide a single multifunction network security appliance that does it all. Whether a company is looking for comprehensive Web protection with content filtering or malware detection, or just a network security firewall, these UTM Firewall appliances are up to the task.
Businesses that choose the new UTM firewalls can also opt for TrustedSource reputation ratings, an additional module that contains anti-malware, anti-spyware, and anti-virus capabilities for checking and filtering mail and Web and protection against known and unknown threats.
Businesses can easily deploy the solution in remote substations, such as large enterprise branch offices or retail locations, or at a vendor’s site to provide strong authentication of devices attempting to access critical assets.
Officials explain that a solution like McAfee UTM firewall helps SMBs to initiate plans for cost reduction, risk management, and to tend compliance regulations. Devices that offer a wide range of security solutions in an integrated package with a platform for subscription-based security services will remain to be the most viable for businesses.
McAfee said that they surveyed small and medium customers’ security needs and about the opportunities UTMs will provide to them. And the feedbacks for the survey suggested that the most-utilized features by customers on a UTM device are network firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, and virtual private networking capabilities. McAfee has ensured these features are available on all devices without licensing restrictions, which is important for smaller, growing organizations.
“McAfee UTM Firewall is a complete office network-in-a-box Internet security appliance that can be deployed as a firewall, VPN gateway or UTM security appliance,” said Darrell Rodenbaugh, senior vice president of McAfee’s midmarket segment. “With its smart, simple and secure functionality, it also perfectly aligns with McAfee’s security management approach to help its smaller businesses maintain a very strong security posture in just 15 minutes a day.”