Shake the paranoia

Why unify? The next generation of unified threat management calls for a ‘one-for-all’ approach to endpoint security, writes Róisín Kiberd

Michael Conway, director, Renaissance

Why invest in unified threat management (UTM) software? The headlines speak for themselves. By July of this year, a mere two months after GDPR had come into effect, the office of the Data Commissioner had received more than 1,100 reports of data breaches. Irish cybersecurity firms report a sharp rise in the number of ‘extortion’ emails in circulation of late, while the past year has seen a number of high-profile data breaches affect ...