Key features in GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 8

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 8, is an award-winning 3-in-1 security scanning, patch management and network auditing solution. Version 8 ensures best-of-breed technology in each of its three modules.

Speaking about the key features of GFI LANguard N.S.S. 8 in the 10-minute video below is Andre Muscat, the Director for Network Security Products at GFI Software.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. checks a network for possible security vulnerabilities by scanning the entire network for missing security patches, services packs, open shares, open ports, unused user accounts and more. With this information, administrators can easily lock down their network against hackers. GFI LANguard N.S.S. is also a complete patch management solution; it can remotely deploy missing patches and service packs in applications and OS.

The latest edition of GFI LANguard N.S.S. includes the use Open Vulnerabilities Assessment Language (OVAL) security definitions; giving GFI LANguard N.S.S. 8 over 2,000 new vulnerability checks to ensure weaknesses are not present within systems, over and above the vulnerabilities which are discovered through its patch management operations.