Name: GFI LanGuard - Key Features Overview
Uploaded: 2020-12-09T18:29:10.000Z
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Description: GFI LanGuard - Key Features Overview

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GFI LanGuard has been a reliable and valuable tool for users over the past 6+ years, providing excellent service support. Many users have found that the software helps them save a significant amount of time in patching and maintaining large server estates, allowing them to be more productive with other tasks. With its network scanning capabilities, GFI LanGuard is widely used for vulnerability analysis and timely patch management, ensuring a secure network at the workplace. By efficiently managing time and ensuring computers are properly patched, it safeguards the network and protects connected computers and shared folders. Additionally, users utilize GFI LanGuard for deploying software patches and managing third-party software installations.

Although GFI LanGuard initially lacked accurate reporting capabilities, users have found it to be effective in patch management and saving man-hours in patching machines across the network. The tool's primary function is to patch Microsoft and other third-party tools, but there is room for improvement in terms of reporting features. However, GFI LanGuard is highly regarded for its ease of use, user-friendly interface, automation and scheduling capabilities, as well as auto remediation options. Acting as a scanner, it effectively detects vulnerabilities related to software issues and misconfigurations.

In the IT department, GFI LanGuard is widely used to assess network vulnerability and identify machines that require patching in order to enhance security. It also enables pushing updates to machines automatically or manual updating in case of failed pushes. Overall, users have had positive experiences with GFI LanGuard, appreciating its time-saving features and ability to ensure network security through efficient patch management.

Limitation on number of ports and service dependencies: Several users have suggested removing the limitation on the number of ports and service dependencies in the product. They feel that this restriction hampers their ability to fully utilize the software and limits its effectiveness for managing complex systems.

Outdated interface lacking visual aspects: Users have found the interface of the product to be outdated and lacking visual aspects for easier navigation and understanding. This has made it difficult for them to quickly find the information they need, resulting in a less efficient workflow.

Service requires frequent server restarts: Some users have experienced problems with the service unless the server is frequently restarted. This issue has caused frustration as it disrupts their work and adds unnecessary maintenance tasks.

Automation and Monitoring Capabilities: Users have appreciated the automation and monitoring capabilities of GFI Languard, allowing for easy management of clients and devices. Several reviewers have mentioned how these features have simplified their patching process.

Vulnerability Scanning and Patch Management: Many users consider the vulnerability scanning and patch management features of GFI Languard to be essential tools. They highlight the software's fast and accurate scanning, comprehensive vulnerability list, and easy installation and configuration. This has helped them effectively identify vulnerabilities in their network.

Flexibility in Organizing Computers and Setting Customized Schedules: The flexibility offered by GFI Languard in terms of organizing computers into different groups and setting up customized scan and patching schedules has been highly valued by users. It allows them to efficiently manage updates based on specific requirements for different groups within their network.

GFI LanGuard is software used to manage and maintain end-point protection across a network. It provides visibility into all the elements in the network, helping to assess where there may be potential vulnerabilities, and enables the administrator to patch them. It is a patch management and network auditing solution.

Tenable headquartered in Columbia offers Nessus, a vulnerability scanning and security assessment solution used to analyze an entity's security posture, vulnerability testing, and provide configuration assessments.

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Vulnerability Management Software scans discovered IT assets for known vulnerabilities, i.e. configurations and setups that are open to security threats and malware. To make these scans effective, vulnerability management suites and platforms often must operate in tandem with a security or threat intelligence platform, a repository of ever-expanding known threats.

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GFI LanGuard - Key Features Overview

GFI LanGuard - Your virtual IT security consultant. This product overview helps you understand how you can maintain a secure and compliant network with minimal IT effort.

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Vulnerability Management Tools

Tools that focus on locating, identifying, and prioritizing vulnerabilities in a network that need to be patched.

IT Asset Realization

Scans a network to identify hardware and software assets on the network.

Authentication

Authentication of users and services within a network to prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced to the network.

Configuration Monitoring

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Web Scanning

Specifically scans webpages for potential threats or vulnerabilities.

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Threat Intelligence

Features for categories that leverage threat intelligence in network security

Network Analytics

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Vulnerability Classification

Prioritizing vulnerabilities, to determine which vulnerabilities are most urgent and require a quicker resolution.

Automated Alerts and Reporting

Systems in place to automatically alert, report, or notify of issues that may need timely remediation.

Threat Analysis

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Threat Intelligence Reporting

Generates reports that display information on threats (such as name, type, frequency of attack, area affected, etc.)

Automated Threat Identification

Leveraging multiple sources of information (such as threat intelligence databases) to automatically identify threats.

Threat Recognition

Detection and recognition of malicious software within a network that could pose a threat to sensitive information.

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It is used by the IT Department in order to give an indication of how vulnerable or "safe" the network is based on the number of existing vulnerabilities that need patching. It is then used to identify which machines are vulnerable and the patches required in order to make that machine safe. We also use it to push updates to all machines where possible and in the event, a push fails, it can be identified and that machine can be manually updated.

Install an agent to thoroughly scan machines to discover vulnerabilities.
Keeps there lists up-to-date with applications outside of windows and lets you know when an update is available.

It could be a bit of information overload which some things are shown can become noise. Maybe different levels of "security" for lack of a better term may be better where you have a summary vs detailed level when it comes to rating the vulnerability of the entire network.
I find I sometimes have issues with PCs on a different network accessed across a VPN where timeouts often occur with very large updates. This aspect can be improved.

Certainty. It allows you to know where on your network needs attention.
Peace of mind. As security professionals, we can only put the necessary things in place to prevent malicious persons from exploiting a network. The software allows you to know whether or not your risk of exploitation is high or low. and if high what to do with it.

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