GFI Software

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GFI Software is a developer of content security, network security and messaging computer software founded in 1992. Its products include software for filtering spam and viruses from e-mail as well as for monitoring and scanning networks for security purposes.

Types of Products

GFi provides software security solutions to small and medium enterprises in 3 ways:

Messaging solutions

* [http://gfi.com/faxmaker/ GFi Faxmaker] route faxes directly to the user’s mailbox with DID, MSN & Line routing. It integrates with Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and popular SMTP servers, allowing users to send and receive faxes and SMS/text messages directly from their email client. It has won the Windows IT Pro Magazine Readers’ Choice Award for 3 years running.
* [http://gfi.com/mailarchiver/ GFi MailArchiver] for Exchange enables corporate to archive all internal and external email into one or multiple databases, heavily reducing reliance on PST files. Users can retrieve past emails through a OneClick Restore process via a web-based search interface. It also aid organisations to meet the requirements of email retention policy and fulfil regulatory email storage requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Content security solutions

* [http://gfi.com/mes/ GFi MailEssentials] can function as an anti-spam for Exchange, anti-phishing and email management tool. It has over 98% spam detection rate using Bayesian filtering and other methods – no configuration required, very low false positives through its automatic whitelist, and the ability to automatically adapt to email environment to constantly tune and improve spam detection.
* [http://gfi.com/mailsecurity/ GFi MailSecurity] protects network against email viruses, exploits , Trojans, malware and other malicious executables with multiple virus engines.
* [http://gfi.com/webmon/ GFi WebMonitor] provides real-time HTTP/FTP monitoring of web browsing and downloading habits, anti-virus & user access control like blocking access to adult or porn sites.

Network security solutions

* [http://gfi.com/lannetscan/ GFi Languard Network Security Scanner] scan, detect, assess and remediate any security vulnerabilities of a network. With a single console and extensive reporting functionality, it can deal with the three pillars of vulnerability management, namely: network and port scanning, patch management and network auditing
* [http://gfi.com/eventsmanager/ GFi EventsManager] monitor and log network users habits to meet the objectives of:
**Information system and network security [http://gfi.com/eventsmanager/esmsecurity.htm]
**System health monitoring [http://gfi.com/eventsmanager/esmhealthmonitor.htm]
**Legal and regulatory compliance (SOX, PCI DSS, HIPAA) [http://gfi.com/eventsmanager/esmcompliance.htm]
**Forensic investigations [http://gfi.com/eventsmanager/esmforensics.htm]
* [http://gfi.com/endpointsecurity/ GFi EndPointSecurity] control network access of portable storage devices and drives, such as USB drives, iPods and PDAs to prevent identity theft and the threat of employees introducing viruses, Trojans, illegal software to the network.
* [http://gfi.com/nsm/ GFi Network Server Monitor] scan network for failures or irregularities automatically. It can identify issues and fix unexpected network conditions before users (or managers) report them to network administrators.

See also

* Information security policies

External links

* [http://www.gfi.com/ GFI Software]
* [http://www.gfi.hk/ GFI Software Hong Kong]