Implications of Unified Threat Management for SMBs: Easy IT Security
IT security experts speak all the time of the importance of having a multi-tiered network security plan in place for businesses-one with layers upon layers of security so that virtual immunity to cyber crime is as close to certainty as possible. But with so many vendors out there, serving so many niche markets and different aspects of IT security (i.e. antivirus, anti-spam, VPN, data backup and recovery, content filtering, etc.), it's especially difficult for small businesses who don't have in-house IT experts to protect themselves. Sure, buying separate, best-class antivirus, anti-spam, and firewall devices is easy for large enterprises, but it's an impractical suggestion for establishments with less than 25 employees. Small businesses are getting lost in the clutter: they simply don't know what to do. SMBs don't have the funds to acquire complex, enterprise-class IT solutions, so they defer to desktop software for protection-easy IT security. Unfortunately, secur...