GFI EndPointSecurity

Protect Your Network from Portable Devices such as USB drives, iPods and PDAs

Windows 7According to the Ponemon Institute, 59% of people who lost their job admitted to taking confidential company information with them either on DVD or using USB drives. The proliferation of consumer devices such as iPods, USB devices, Smart Phones and more, has dramatically increased the risk of intentional and unintentional data leaks and other malicious activity. While most companies have anti-virus software, firewalls, email and web content security to protect against external threats, few realize how easy it is for an employee to simply walk in and copy large amounts of sensitive data onto an iPod or USB stick. Windows 2008There is also an increased risk of malicious and other illegal software introduction to your network through these devices. Of course your administrator could lock down all ports, an ill-advised, difficult and unsustainable solution.

Prevent Data Theft and Virus Infection from within with Endpoint Security Software

Many businesses are unaware of, or choose to ignore, the threat presented by portable devices in their network environment until some event, ranging from unfortunate to catastrophic, happens. In hard economic times, cybercrime and data leakage increase and endpoints are an easy target. The key to managing portable devices in your business environment is to give your administrators direct control over what devices are in use on your network. With GFI EndPointSecurity™ you not only gain control over what is in use but you also know what has been used and by who, and most importantly you gain in-depth knowledge of what data has been copied.

Control Portable Device Access to Your Network with GFI EndPointSecurity

• GFI EndPointSecurity allows administrators to actively manage user access and log the activity of
• Media players, including iPods, Creative Zen and others
• USB drives, CompactFlash, memory cards, CDs, floppies & other portable storage devices 
• PDAs, BlackBerry handhelds, mobile phones, smart phones and similar communication devices
• Network cards, laptops and other network connections.

Why Choose GFI EndPointSecurity?

• Prevent data leaks and theft by comprehensively controlling access to portable storage devices with minimal administrative effort
• Prevent introduction of malicious and other unauthorized software to the network
• Gives administrators greater control - you can block devices by class, file extensions, physical port or device ID
• Allows administrators to grant temporary device or port access for a stipulated timeframe
• Support for 32 & 64-bit platforms: Including Windows 7, Windows Vista and latest RC of Windows Server 2008.

How it Works

To control access, GFI EndPointSecurity™ installs a small footprint agent on your user's machine. This agent is only 1.2 MB in size, your user will never know it is there. GFI EndPointSecurity includes a remote deployment tool based on GFI LANguard™ technology, allowing you to deploy the agent to hundreds of machines with just a few clicks. After installation, the agent queries Active Directory when the user logs on and sets permissions to the different nodes accordingly. If the user is not a member of a group that allows access to a particular device or set of devices, then access is blocked.

Manage User Access and Protect Your Network From Portable Devices

Using GFI EndPointSecurity you can centrally disable access to any portable device, preventing both data theft and the introduction of data or software that could be harmful to your network. Although you could block portable storage devices such as CDs and floppy drives from the BIOS of the individual machine, the solution is cumbersome and impractical at times of software or network upgrades. For example, a desired new software or device install would require the Network Administrator to physically visit each machine, temporarily disable protection, perform the install and then re-enable protection; and, any sophisticated user can hack the BIOS circumventing the security measure altogether. GFI EndPointSecurity allows you to take control over your environment and the access of a wide variety of devices including:

• Floppy disks
• CDs and DVD ROMs
• iPods
• Storage devices
• Printers
• PDAs
• Network adapters
• Modems
• Imaging devices
• And more

Supports Windows 7 and BitLockerTo Go

Windows 7 sees the introduction of “BitLocker To Go”, a feature that is used to encrypt data on removable devices. GFI EndPointSecurity 4.2 can detect devices that are encrypted with BitLocker To Go, and apply different permissions to these devices.]

Get Detailed Reports on Device Usage with GFI ReportPack™ add-on

The GFI EndPointSecurity ReportPack is a powerful reporting package that add-ons on free to GFI EndPointSecurity. This reporting package can be scheduled to automatically generate graphical IT-level or higher level management reports based on data collected by GFI EndPointSecurity, giving you the ability to report on devices connected to the network, user activity, endpoint files copied to and from devices (including actual names of files copied) and much more. The latest ReportPack includes enhanced reports whichhighlight users trying to circumvent security policies by renaming file extensions etc.