VIDEO: GFI LanGuard Review: Top Features, Pros, And Cons

gfi landguard is a vulnerability and patch management tool that is compatible with multiple operating systems and network environments if you're looking for a vulnerability management solution you should consider gfi landguard but if you're in a rush we can help use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of security software recommendations click the link in the description below to get started gfi land guard lets you monitor all the devices on your network scanning for security vulnerabilities and giving you the power to deploy patches and other methods of remediation the system uses a central console where you can import new devices from a number of operating systems including mac windows linux and virtual machines from there gfi languard scans your network to detect security vulnerabilities like missing software patches unauthorized applications and malware protection issues you can conduct scans both on demand and automatically for specific devices and for your entire domain when the system identifies security vulnerabilities you can use the remediation feature to deploy patches either immediately or at a scheduled time gfi land guard comes in plans for small medium and large organizations and is priced per node per year the three core features of gfi languard are vulnerability scanning remediation and reporting vulnerability scanning in gfi languard works best when automated while you can manually scan individual devices automated scans of your entire domain will give you a big picture view of your network's vulnerability level this is all summarized in the central dashboard which provides a quick snapshot of your network's overall vulnerability level the security sensors you track the representation of various operating systems across your network and more you can add and search for devices by ip address organize them into groups filter them down by specific vulnerabilities and view a complete list of every vulnerability affecting your network the patches view shows which devices are missing security patches what types of patches they are and a complete list of missing patches other views like ports let you see which ports are open and the software view shows the software installed on devices in your network after you've added devices to gfi languard and run a scan you can use the remediation feature to address identified vulnerabilities remediation lets you deploy patches uninstall patches uninstall certain applications run custom scripts and applications and remotely connect to computers on your network similar to scanning for vulnerabilities you can remediate vulnerabilities on demand for specific targets or you can automate remediation to reduce the number of vulnerabilities in your network on a set schedule automated software updates are available for all available patches but you can also select only certain software updates to automate if gfi landguard can't deploy a patch for some reason it will provide you with information on how to remediate certain vulnerabilities finally landguard lets you run reports for security and compliance purposes the system offers a number of pre-built reports for categories like general reporting hipaa compliance or ferpa compliance and you can customize every report to some extent while reports are not fully customizable you can select which report items and filters you want to include in your report and you can run reports for certain targets and across your entire network both on demand and on a set schedule gfi landguard is a powerful vulnerability and patch management tool that's easy to use and helps it administrators work more efficiently by automating scans and software updates that being said the user interface looks a bit dated and many users wish the reporting feature allowed for more customization still not sure if gfi guard is right for you use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of security software recommendations click the button on the left to get started you

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