1.2 Introduction to GFI EndPointSecurity GFI EndPointSecurity is the security solution that helps you maintain data integrity by preventing unauthorized access and transfer of content to and from the following portable media devices: • USB Ports (e.g. Flash and Memory Card Readers, Pen Drives) • FireWire Ports (e.g. digital cameras, FireWire card readers) • Wireless data connections (e.g. Bluetooth dongles, Infrared) • Floppy disk drives (internal and external) • Optical drives such as CD, DVD and MO (magneto optical) drives (internal and external) • Removable USB hard-disk drives • Other drives such as Zip Drives and tape drives (internal and external). Through its technology, GFI EndPointSecurity enables you to allow or deny access to a device as well as to assign (where applicable) ‘full’ or ‘read only’ privileges: • Over every supported device (e.g. CD/DVD drives, PDAs). • To any local or Active Directory user/user group. With GFI EndPointSecurity you can also record the activity of all portable devices being used on your target computers (including the date/time of usage and by whom the devices were used).