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For more information and to download the product, visit. In other words, it plays the devil’s advocate, and alerts the administrator to weaknesses before a hacker can find them, enabling the organization to deal with the issues before a hacker exploits them. determines all the possible security holes. By analyzing the operating system and the applications running on a network’s machines, GFI LANguard N.S.S. can also check networks for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack them.
overcomes these shortcomings by enabling the deployment of such SPs and patches, while also being able to check whether all patches have been installed correctly.Īpart from providing patch management, GFI LANguard N.S.S. It outperforms other patch management solutions but is limited in that it cannot deploy service packs (SPs), NT patches and application patches/SPs such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange Server or third party software. Microsoft SUS is a patch management solution for all Windows operating systems (Windows 2000/2003, XP. licenses starts from as little as $295 for 25 IPs.
Microsoft SUS is free and pricing for GFI LANguard N.S.S. and Microsoft SUS is much more cost-effective.
in combination with Microsoft SUS () is a complete patch management solution that offers all the features found in more expensive patch management products at a fraction of their cost: While most solutions range from US$1,500 for a 100-machine license to US$8,000 for a 500-machine license, the combined solution of GFI LANguard N.S.S. is one of the first patch management solutions to support international patching.” This is because links to patches and deployment methods are actually different for a German version of Microsoft Office, for instance. “Although there are various patch management solutions, these can’t actually patch international versions of Microsoft Office or deploy service packs on non-English versions of Windows. 3.3 now offers patch management for international customers too,” said Emmanuel Carabott, Security Researcher at GFI. could only deploy patches for English language Microsoft Office versions and service packs for English language operating systems. Prior to version 3.3, GFI LANguard N.S.S. A version for Spanish users will be available shortly. London, UK, 23 July 2003 – GFI today announced the release of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 3.3, which offers patch management for German, French, Italian and other languages.
The program will analyze various applications and network configuration which may represent a security risk, offering a detailed overview of all your installed programs across your networked computers, hardware components and devices in your network, connected mobile devices, open ports, the status if your security software (firewall, ant-virus, spam filters, etc.), and more. GFI LanGuard will thoroughly analyze the security state of your network. The program helps you identify the network risks, see the state of your network security and determine the degree of exposure to various threats. GFI LanGuard will perform a scan of your installed applications, virtual environments and operating systems in order to discover any potential vulnerabilities. The utility supports all the major platforms and more than 50 other OSs and application. The program will scan and find any network activities, reducing the needed to patch your network machines. The application enables you to protect your business from network breaches and information leaks that are often caused by missing network patches. GFI LANguard is a powerful security solution for your network and helps you fix any vulnerability in order to prevent virus or hacker attacks.