The Agony of Choice

The choice of Internet Security Vendors' products and services is widely recognised to be overwhelming. The amount of choice can actually result in paralysis. This leads many of those whose task is to deliver these services to remain with the incumbent suppliers even when they know that they are not getting value for money. There are many issues to consider when reviewing Internet Security and this too can be a concern to those needing to change. While security is about people not technology, there is no question that the technology has to be up to the task to allow those people to operate. So when considering a new solution, the important questions are:

1. Can security be improved without increasing costs?
2. Is an appliance better than a distributed solution?
3. How are updates provided?
4. What is the time overhead involved to implement them?
5. What range of products are available?
6. How easy is it to upgrade as demand grows?
7. What support is available when required?
8. How can the system be monitored?
9. What will happen if the system fails?
10. Is the configuration backed up off-site?

Network Box aims to answer these questions by providing a highly featured unified threat management (UTM) system that is fully managed and monitored.