1.7	How GFI EndPointSecurity works - Deployment and monitoring

GFI EndPointSecurity protection policy deployment and monitoring operations can be divided in 4 logical stages:

Figure 1 - Protection policy deployment and monitoring

Stage 1 - Configure default protection policy: At this stage the administrator specifies which computers are to be added to a protection policy, and the log-on credentials to be used by GFI EndPointSecurity to access the computers and deploy the agents.

Stage 2 - Customize default protection policy: The administrator can customize a default protection policy before deploying it. Customization options include the creation of power users, addition of blacklisted/whitelisted devices and device access permissions.

Stage 3 - Deploy protection policy: At this stage the administrator deploys the default/customized protection policy, by installing agents on target machines. Subsequent protection policy customizations only require updates to be sent to the agents.

Stage 4 - Monitor device access: When agents have been deployed, the administrator can monitor all device access attempts, via management console views, alerts and GFI EndPointSecurity ReportPack reports.