Table of Contents Introduction About portable media device threats About GFI EndPointSecurity Supported device classes Key features Group-based protection control Granular access control Support for various types of portable devices Logging of device related user activity to SQL Server Automated monitoring of the deployment status Enhanced protection agent security Unicode compliant portable storage control Logging to event log How does GFI EndPointSecurity work? Protection policies Overview of the monitoring process (client side) Components of GFI EndPointSecurity GFI EndPointSecurity agent GFI EndPointSecurity user console License scheme Installation Introduction System requirements GFI EndPointSecurity installation GFI EndPointSecurity protection agent installation Incompatibilities Upgrading from GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control Installation procedure Entering your license key after installation Getting started: Deploying a default protection policy Introduction Chapter Preview Launching the GFI EndPointSecurity user console Quick Start Wizard Adding computers to a protection policy Enumerating domain computers Deploying the default protection policy on your target computers Verifying that protection policies have been successfully deployed The deployment status report The protect status monitor Example: Deploying the 'Workstations' protection policy on your local host Testing Customizing the default protection policy Introduction Chapter Preview Configuring which portable devices will be monitored Managing users and privileges Which is the best way to configure device access privileges? Managing user privileges via Active Directory Managing user privileges via local users & groups Managing user privileges via GFI EndPointSecurity user console Configuring log-on credentials Configuring event logging parameters Viewing security event logs from the Windows event viewer Enabling or disabling pending deployments Creating custom protection policies Removing computers from a protection policy Moving computers to another protection policy Deleting protection policies Example 1: Assigning users and privileges from the GFI EndPointSecurity user console Testing Example 2: Assigning user privileges via Active Directory Testing Configuring default options Introduction Chapter Preview Configuring protection policy defaults Reboot and deployment options Target Computers Reboot Deployment options Configuring database backend options General options Introduction Chapter Preview Export configurations Import configurations Version Information Check for newer builds Licensing Miscellaneous Introduction Chapter Preview Managing users via Active Directory management Console Managing users via local users management console Viewing security event logs from the Windows event viewer Troubleshooting Introduction Knowledge Base Request technical support via email Request technical support via web chat Request technical support via phone Web Forum Build notifications
