Configuring the GFI EndPointSecurity administrator account

GFI EndPointSecurity will automatically send out email, network or SMS alerts to specific recipients whenever particular events are discovered. Therefore, you must configure the contact details of the intended recipients in order to effectively distribute alerts. For example, you need to configure the email address of your recipient(s) in order to send them email alerts.

GFI EndPointSecurity allows you to create a custom list of recipients which you can organize into groups to speed up administrative tasks. By default, GFI EndPointSecurity will automatically create the ‘EndPointSecurityAdministrator’ account. However, you must still configure user specific details such as the email address and mobile number of the GFI EndPointSecurity administrator. For every user, you can configure the following parameters:

•	Contact details including email address and phone number

•	The typical working hours

•	The type of alert to send during and outside working hours

•	The notification group to which the user belongs.

To configure the GFI EndPointSecurityAdministrator account for the first time, click on the link provided in the Configure Alerting Options section of Quick Start Dialog.

Screenshot 87 - EndPointSecurityAdministrator properties dialog

This will bring up the ‘EndPointSecurityAdministrator properties’ dialog. To configure the account:

1. Specify the contact details such as email address, and mobile number as required.

2. Specify the computers on which network alerts addressed to the administrator will be sent.

3. Click on the Working Hours tab.

Screenshot 88 - Working hours tab

4. Select the typical working hours of the administrator/user.

Screenshot 89 - Alerts tab

5. Click on the Alerts tab and select which alerts will be sent during and outside working hours.

Screenshot 90 - Members of tab

6. Click on the Member Of tab and select the notification groups to which the user belongs. By default the administrator is a member of the ‘EndPointSecurityAdministrators’ notification group.

7. Click on the OK button to finalize your settings.

Once configured, you can still make changes to the properties configured in the administrator account. For more information on how to achieve this refer to the ‘Configuring users to be alerted’ section in this chapter.