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The Unified Threat Management (UTM) Test Criteria currently include the seven main security modules typically included in UTM products: Firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS, Anti Virus, Anti Spam, URL Filtering, and Content Filtering.

To assess the complex matrix of UTM performance and security requirements, NSS Labs has developed a specialized methodology and lab environment that is able to exercise every facet of a UTM product. The test suite contains over 2,000 individual tests that evaluate the performance, reliability, security effectiveness, and usability of UTM products, providing the most thorough and complete evaluation of UTM products available anywhere today.

If a UTM product is designated as NSS Approved, customers can be confident that the device will not significantly impact network performance (up to the bandwidth as rated by NSS), cause network crashes, or otherwise block legitimate traffic.

 

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