GFI LanGuard - Your virtual IT security consultant. This step by step guide helps you understand how you can maintain a secure and compliant network with minimal IT effort. GFI LanGuard helps SMEs cope with the risks posed from a wide range of network devices, mobile devices and third party apps. GFI LanGuard provides the ability to conduct vulnerability assessments of those devices connected to popular business services like Exchange servers, Office 365(TM), Google Apps(TM) and Apple(R) Profile...
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard provides extensive reporting capability that allows a user to run preconfigured or customized reports based on their specific requirements, ranging from an executive network security overview and full technical audit to dedicated reports for different compliance regulations, such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, PSN CoCo and more. This short video shows you how to use the reporting features to best effect....
Jul 02, 2014
This short video shows a GFI LanGuard user how to use the 'Remediate Section' to take actions such as deploying or rolling back updates (both security and non-security ones), deploying custom software, scripts and uninstalling unauthorized applications.
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard provides a powerful Dashboard that enables IT Administrators to view the devices in their network and the mobile devices attached to the Microsoft Exchange servers, providing information as to their security status, an overview of their vulnerabilities, patch status, open ports, software and applications which are installed, the status of critical security applications like antivirus, antispyware and firewalls, amongst others. This short video shows a user how to use the dashboard....
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard not only provides visibility as to what applications are installed on network devices, but it also provides the capability to uninstall and remove unauthorized applications (such as games, audio/media streaming applications, illegal sharing/P2P applications) from machines and the network. This short video describes how users can do this.
Jul 02, 2014
This short video shows a user how to configure GFI LanGuard to generate reports which can be scheduled to be run on a regular basis, and to be automatically saved on the disk in a specified location or sent to an chosen email recipient.
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard enables IT administrators to both detect which mobile devices are connected to a network, and discover what updates are currently available for the most popular mobile operating systems. Using GFI LanGuard IT administrators can then notify device owners of the latest updates available for the operating systems installed on their devices, and can provide an email template to help IT administrators do this. This short video shows users how this can been done....
Jul 02, 2014
This short video shows a user how to select a scan target - it can be a local computer, a remote computer, a domain or a workgroup, an Active Directory, organizational unit or an IP address range - create a scan profile and execute or schedule the scan using GFI LanGuard.
Jul 02, 2014
Users of GFI LanGuard can scan their network and network devices in one of two ways: an agentless scan, or an agent-based scan. The short video shows users to perform a remote agentless scan.
Jul 02, 2014
Not only does GFI LanGuard provide IT administrators with the ability to discover which devices are connected to the network, it can also provide granular visibility of the applications that are either currently installed on network devices, or even have been in the past. GFI LanGuard ships with a number of predefined software categories that can help to easily locate and group applications by functional category, e.g. antivirus or firewalls. This short video shows a user how to do this....
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard provides essential security insight to IT Administrators, enabling them to quickly audit their network and discover which ports are open and being used per machine. In networks where GFI LanGuard agents have been installed on machines, additional valuable security information can be retrieved such as the executable that opened the port. This is useful when trying to determine if a certain port is opened by a valid service or not. This short video shows a user how to do easily audit ...
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard provides administrators with the ability to monitor the data sharing behavior of employees within an organization, by informing administrators which computers have administrative shares enabled and which do not, and giving details of share permissions per computer. This short video shows how this can be done with GFI LanGuard: simply and effectively.
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard provides an audit to IT administrators of the devices in their network, and can graphically map which devices require updates to be deployed to them. To deploy missing security and non-security updates for Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems, and third party applications, IT administrators can pick which patches to deploy to which devices, and set up automated processes that will manage the process at pre-specified times, minimizing the impact to end-users. This short video ...
Jul 02, 2014
Watch this video to learn what to do once you've installed GFI LanGuard.
Jul 02, 2014
A little known secret of GFI LanGuard's extensive capabilities is that it can be used to not only deploy patches to vulnerable devices, but that it can also be used to deploy 3rd party custom software and scripts across the network. Practically any piece of software that can run silently can be deployed using GFI LanGuard. This short video shows how users can to configure GFI LanGuard to do this....
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard helps IT administrators to discover and learn more about the network and their devices, using either agent-less or agent-based scans. This short video shows a user how to deploy scanning agents to known devices in the network, and to automatically install agents on new devices that connect to the network.
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard helps IT administrators build an inventory list of all devices attached to their network. This short "How To" video shows how a user can set up an automatic report that will alert them when a new device is added to a domain or organizational unit in the network.
Jul 02, 2014
This short video shows how to use GFI LanGuard to automatically deploy patches to devices in the network, that have already been tested or manually approved for distribution.
Jul 02, 2014
Your network is dynamic, constantly moving and evolving. As your employees go about their daily work, the security status of your network is ever changing. This short video shows a GFI LanGuard user how to remain vigilant and in control at all times, by providing ongoing visibility of any relevant security changes made on your network.
Jul 02, 2014
GFI LanGuard enables IT administrators to gain visibility of what smartphones and tablets are being connected and used on a company network. Once discovered, IT administrators can use GFI LanGuard to scan these devices to audit which vulnerabilities they may contain, and then quickly learn if there are any operating system updates that would fix those security issues. The supported systems are: Google Android, Apple iOS and Windows Phone. This video shows a user how to do this....
Jul 02, 2014
When GFI LanGuard scans a network, it will alert users to any security vulnerabilities discovered. The solution gives an administrator the option to acknowledge, change an associated predefined severity level or ignore a vulnerability which is detected within their network. This short video shows a GFI LanGuard user how to acknowledge a vulnerability so that it will continue to be reported, or ignore it either indefinitely or for a limited time frame....
Jul 02, 2014
What are the top five security errors that small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) commonly make? And how can you avoid them? Watch this video for some simple but solid advice and practical tips to increase your organization's network security.
Jul 02, 2014
A recent Ponemon Institute study estimates it costs businesses $214 per single, compromised record -- so just imagine what it would cost if thousands of records on your system were compromised. Add to that the impact on reputation, lost business and potential legal ramifications and it is easy to see the additional value provided by automatic vulnerability scanning.
Jul 02, 2014
