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EndPointSecurity Section

• How to assign policies to groups in a workgroup environment in GFI EndPointSecurity

  AnswerIf you want to use groups to define permissions in a specific policy and you are not on a domain you will need to do the following. On Target Machines Open the Computer Management Console. Navig...

• How to apply GFI EndPointSecurity auto-updates in an offline environment

  AnswerApplies to: GFI EndPointSecurity 2013 GFI EndPointSecurity 2012   This article describes how to apply auto-updates to an installation that cannot access GFI's auto-update servers via the interne...

• Adding Specific Devices to Be Controlled in GFI EndPointSecurity

  Overview With GFI EndPointSecurity, you have the ability to add specific devices for control under a protection policy. You can add these devices under the whitelist, blacklist or when you select to a...

• How often will the GFI EndPointSecurity server communicate with its agents?

  AnswerThe EndPointSecurity server will only initiate communication with the agents when a deployment needs to take place. If there are any scheduled deployments pending due to the machine being offlin...

• How is Risk Assessment calculated in GFI EndPointSecurity 2013?

  AnswerGFI EndPointSecurity 2013 allows for a Risk Assessment scan of machines on your network. This does not require an agent to be installed. However, the results returned (score) are dependent on th...

• Time Taken to Apply Access Control Configuration Updates to the Controlled Machines

  Overview The article details the time taken for updates to apply to the remote machines after the administrator apply the changes Information GFI EndPointSecurity updates the permissions across to the...

• How can I be notified regarding important events generated by GFI EndPointSecurity?

  Answer Using GFI EventsManager, it is possible to collect these events in order to receive alerts and notifications when these events occur. It is recommended to have four rules created in GFI EventsM...

• GFI EndPointSecurity ReportPack Shows Only 10 Days for Evaluation Instead of 30

  Overview User encounters that EndPointSecurity ReportPack shows ten days for evaluation instead of the expected 30 days. Environment GFI EndPointSecurity ReportPack All Supported Environments   Root C...

• GFI EndPointSecurity is blocking a device the user should be able to access

  Answer PROBLEMGFI EndPointSecurity is configured to allow a specific user to access a device. The user is logged in to the machine using Terminal services and may successfully access the said device. ...

• GFI EndPointSecurity is allowing access to a device that should be restricted ( ONLY)

  Answer PROBLEM EndPointSecurity is allowing access to a device ENVIRONMENT GFI EndPointSecurity  All Supported Environments SOLUTION Check that the device is not on the device whitelist in the policy....