Check Point comes out on top; Kerio, Watchguard, Elitecore, and Sophos score high in review of unified threat management devices If you run a small business, you have a lot of choices to protect your network. You can buy a consumer-grade router for less than $50, you can spend more than $4,000 for an enterprise firewall, or you can select something in between. That’s where unified threat management (UTM) products fit. UTMs integrate five basic security features: firewall, IDS/IPS, anti-virus/anti-spam, VPN and outbound content filtering to prevent phishing and browser-based attacks. UTMs offer easy setup and they can support a 25-person small business for an average of around $1,500. We tested eight devices: Check Point Software’s 640, Dell/Sonicwall’s NSA250MW, Elitecore Technologies’ Cyberoam CR35iNG, Fortinet’s FortiGate 100-D, Juniper Networks’ SSRX220H-POE, Kerio Technologies’ Control 1100, Sophos/Astaro’s UTM 220, and Watchguard Technolgies’ XTM330. Learn More Already an Insider? Sign in Network Security