4.2	Preparing for protection policy deployment

To access the default protection policies:

1. Click on the Configuration tab

2. Click Protection Policies

3. From the left pane, select the protection policy to deploy.

4.2.1

Configuring computers to be protected

To add computers to the selected protection policy:

1. From the right pane, click Add computers to this policy in the Computers section

Screenshot 12 - Select computers to add to policy

2. Specify the name/IP of the computer to add and click Add. Repeat until you have specified all computers to add to this protection policy.

NOTE: To select your targets from a list, click Select to launch the ‘Select Computer’ dialog. From this dialog click Search to list the computers within a specified domain.

NOTE: To select computers from within the domain where the GFI EndPointSecurity management console resides, click From Domain.

Screenshot 13 - Import computers to add to policy

NOTE: To import the list of computers from a text file click Import.

3. Click Finish to finalize your settings.

4.2.2

Configuring credentials

GFI EndPointSecurity requires to physically log on to the target computer(s) in order to:

•	Deploy agents and protection policy updates.

•	Keep track of the protection status of all target computers.

This requires that the product is run under an account which has administrative privileges over your network targets (e.g., domain administrator account).

NOTE: By default, GFI EndPointSecurity is configured to use the security context under which it is running.

To specify credentials other than those for the current security context:

Screenshot 14 - Set log-on credentials

1. From the right pane, click Set Log-on Credentials in the Computers section.

2. Specify the login name and password which will be used to log-on to the target computer(s).

3. Click OK to finalize your settings.