| In this book Brien Posey has pinpointed the most important concepts with examples & screenshots so that systems administrators & security engineers can understand how to get the GFI security tools working quickly & effectively. His writing style is devoid of difficult to understand technical jargon. His examples explain how GFI's security tools enhance the security controls that are already built into your server's operating system.
- Secure Your Network: Master the various components that make up the management console and prepare to use it for most tasks;
- Analyze Scan Results: View detected vulnerabilities, save & print results, query open ports, and filter your results;
- Install & Use the Report Pack: Learn how to build custom reports and schedule reports. See how filters allow you to control the information that is processed when a reports is run;
- Perform a Hardware Inventory and Compile a Software Inventory: Use GFI to do your inventories and perform audits. See how to blacklist & whitelist applications to make your reports more meaningful;
- Manage Patches Effectively: See how to deploy a specific patch, perform a scan comparison, uninstall a patch, and deploy custom software;
- Use GFI EndPointSecurity to Lock Down Hardware: Be prepared for users trying to install unauthorized software, copy sensitive data onto removable media, or perform other actions to try and circumvent your network's security; & more. | |
