GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner Software

Network Security Scanner and Patch Management

GFI LanGuard™ is an award-winning network security and vulnerability scanner used by leading companies all over the world. GFI LanGuard provides a complete network security overview with minimal administrative effort, while also providing remedial action through its patch management features. Easy to set up and use, GFI LanGuard acts as a virtual consultant to give you a complete picture of your network set-up, provide risk analysis and help you to maintain a secure and compliant network state faster and more effectively. GFI LanGuard assists you in patch management, vulnerability assessment, network and software auditing, asset inventory, change management, risk analysis and compliance.

Your own ‘Virtual Security Consultant’

Easy to set up and use, GFI LANguard acts as a virtual consultant to give you a complete picture of your network set-up, provide risk analysis and help you to maintain a secure and compliant network state faster and more effectively. GFI LANguard assists you in these key areas:

• Patch management
  
• Vulnerability management
• Network and software auditing
  
• Assets inventory
  
• Change management
  
• Risk analysis and compliance

Patch Management

Missing security patches are one of the main reasons for network security breaches. GFI LANguard helps eliminate this risk by providing on-demand or fully automated detection, downloading and deployment of missing patches. GFI LANguard helps you fix vulnerabilities before they are exploited and reduces the time required to patch machines on your network.

Patch Microsoft operating systems and applications
GFI LANguard enables administrators to manage Microsoft patches and service packs for all languages supported by Microsoft.  It also provides features like patch rollback and uses an existing WSUS patch repository.

Patch non-Microsoft applications
GFI LANguard also offers patch management support for non-Microsoft software, enabling administrators to detect, download and deploy missing patches for supported applications in the same way as is done for Microsoft updates. GFI LANguard offers patch management support for many popular applications like Apple QuickTime,  Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Firefox, Java Runtime and others.

Deploy custom software and scripts
Besides providing automatic patch management, GFI LANguard permits the network-wide deployment of any custom software and scripts that can run silently.

GFI LanGuard Benefits:

• Virtual security consultant
  To help you maintain a secure and compliant network, GFI LanGuard provides a complete view of your network set-up and provides on-time risk analysis. GFI LanGuard assists you in these key areas:
  • Patch management
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Network and software auditing
  • Assets inventory
  • Change management
  • Risk analysis and compliance
    
    
• Patch management
  Tackles the risk of missing security patches by providing on-demand or fully automated detection, downloading and deployment of missing patches - both for Microsoft software and other applications. Patch management is a feature of utmost importance as missing security patches are one of the main reasons for network security breaches. GFI LanGuard helps you fix vulnerabilities before they are exploited and reduces the time required to patch machines on your network.
• Vulnerability assessment
  Over 45,000 vulnerability assessments are carried out across your network, including your virtual environment. GFI LanGuard's checks your operating system, virtual environments and installed applications using vulnerability check databases such as OVAL and SANS Top 20. It allows you to analyze the state of your network security, what the risks are, how exposed your network is and how to take action before it is compromised.
• Network and software audits
  GFI LanGuard provides a detailed analysis of what is happening on your network – which applications or default configurations are posing a security risk. With GFI LanGuard, you get a complete picture of what applications are installed, the hardware on your network, the state of security applications (AV, anti-spam, firewalls, etc.), what ports are open, any existing shares and services running on your machines.
• Inventory assessment
  For additional security, GFI LanGuard allows you to create an assets inventory of every device on your network. All servers and workstations, virtual machines or IP-based hardware such as routers, printers, switches and so on are discovered and identified via a network scan. Asset inventories help you identify devices attached to your network that you were unaware of or had forgotten and these, unless properly patched and secure, could become entry points for hackers and malware.
• Change management
  The best way to maintain a secure network over time is to know exactly what's happening on your network. Changes to configurations that could have security implications, new applications that are installed, services that are started/stopped and so on, are all events that an administrator needs to know about. GFI LanGuard gives you a complete history of network changes that are relevant to the security of your network and sends notifications when these occur.
• TCO reduction
  Reduce total cost of ownership by centralizing vulnerability scanning, patch management and network auditing.
• Compliance
  Helps your organization to gauge the effectiveness of your PCI DSS compliance program while safeguarding your network. All businesses handling cardholder data, regardless of size, have to be fully compliant with PCI DSS, the strict security standards drawn up by the world's major credit card companies. In providing complete vulnerability management coupled with extensive reporting, GFI LanGuard is an essential, highly cost-effective solution to assist with your PCI compliance program. Learn more about PCI DSS compliance.

Spotlight on PCI DSS and the Security Curve
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Why use GFI LANguard?

• Powerful network, security and port scanner with network auditing capabilities
• Over 15,000 vulnerability assessments carried out across your network, including virtual environment
• Reduces the total cost of ownership by centralizing vulnerability scanning, patch management and network auditing
• Automated options help to retain a secure network state with minimal administrative effort
• Network-wide auditing functions provides a complete picture of network and port security set-up
• #1 Windows commercial security scanner (voted by Nmap users for two years running) and Best of TechEd 2007 (security).

What's new in GFI LANguard™ 2011 SR2?

Released: December 06, 2011

Improved! Management of security issues
GFI LanGuard 2011 SR2 includes a set of changes to help ensure that a more accurate calculation of your network’s vulnerability level. The new version can be set to ignore security issues for certain computers and acknowledge security issues for others. In addition administrators now have the ability to change the severity of security issues for certain computers. This can be used when a security issue is more (or less) dangerous on specific computers than it was classified by default.

NEW! Support for custom computer groups
You can now group computers based on text files containing lists. This allows you to scan for security issues, remediate them and generate reports for custom groups of computers based on criteria such as physical location, department or operating system.

NEW! Wake-on-LAN support
GFI LanGuard now supports wake-on-LAN to turn computers on before starting a scan or remediation if they are turned off. It also offers the option to shut them down once the required operation is complete. This saves energy and makes it easier to scan and remediate the network outside working hours.

GFI LanGuard 2011 has the following new features:

Released: May 18, 2011

Integration with over 1,500 critical security applications
GFI LanGuard 2011 integrates with over 1,500 critical security applications of the following categories: antivirus, antispyware, firewall, anti-phishing, backup client, VPN client, URL filtering, patch management, web browser, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, disk encryption, data loss prevention and device access control. It provides reports on their status and rectifies issues by allowing operations like enable antivirus or firewall, trigger definitions update for antivirus or antispyware, uninstall peer-to-peer applications, etc.

Agents technology
GFI LanGuard can be configured to run either in agent-less or agent-based mode. The agents technology enables automated audits and distributes the scanning load across client machines. The administrator simply needs to define the network perimeter and provide credentials to enable automatic network discovery, agent deployment and auditing of the client machines. Manual intervention is necessary only when fine-tuning is required. This feature provides the following benefits:

• High speed: Scan hundreds or thousands of machines in just few minutes
• Automation: Agents update the client status on server on regular schedule. Every time the application is opened, users can analyze a complete and up-to-date network security overview
• Scalability: Due to distributed load it is possible to scan more machines in one go, even in WAN environments
• Accuracy: Local scans have less failure points than remote scans; agents will continue to work even when computers are not connected to the network.

New powerful interactive dashboard
GFI LanGuard 2011 features a powerful and interactive dashboard that processes all security audits to provide a summary of current network security status and a history of all relevant changes in the network over time. It also drills down through information starting from network-wide security sensors to individual security scan results.

Full text search support
GFI LanGuard 2011 makes it possible for users to instantly locate the information they are interested in. Searching the scan results is now as easy as searching on the Internet. The search displays instant results with links to relevant items. You can search for both current and past events and for specific items like vulnerabilities, installed applications, missing patches etc. Moreover, you can save and print search reports.

Revamped reporting
In the latest version of GFI LanGuard, reports are integrated within the main application. All reports are based on a computer’s current status, and not on specific scans. These reports can be exported to popular formats like PDF, HTML, XLS, XLSX, RTF and CVS and can be scheduled and sent by email. They can also be used as a template to create new custom reports and are fully re-brandable.

Network discovery not bound by license limitations
With GFI LanGuard 2011, license slots are no longer required for all computers and devices in the scan results database. Only the ones that are scanned beyond network discovery are bound by license limitations.

Integration with existing network infrastructure
GFI LanGuard 2011 can now import organizational units or entire active directory. This leads to easier computer management as you can view the computers in GFI LanGuard as they are organized in your network.

Improved support for virtual infrastructure
GFI LanGuard 2011 offers detection of virtual machines hosted by the scanned computer, which means you can have a better view of your virtual infrastructure.

Custom software deployment improvements
With the latest version of GFI LanGuard 2011, you can save custom software deployment configuration for re-usage. Moreover, you are also given support for configuration (auxiliary) files, i.e., for installations that require a configuration file as a parameter.

Silent installation
The recording file is no longer required for the installation of GFI LanGuard 2011.

Notes:

1) Localization of GFI LanGuard 2011 into German and Italian will be available in Q3.
2) Freeware for GFI LanGuard is no longer available with version 2011.

Features:

Freeware Version Available

GFI offers a freeware version of GFI LANguard™ for non-commercial use. The freeware version allows you to scan up to five IPs for free using the product’s full feature set, with the exception of patch management for non Microsoft applications, which is only available in the commercial version.

Patch Management and Remediation Across Different Microsoft OSs and Products

GFI LANguard performs a scan of your network and gives you all the functionality and tools you need to effectively install and Manage Patches on all machines across different Microsoft operating systems and products in 38 languages.

GFI LANguard also allows auto-downloads of missing patches as well as patch roll-back and custom software can be deployed, resulting in a consistently configured environment that is secure against vulnerabilities.

Patch management for Microsoft operating systems and applications
GFI LanGuard's patch management feature scans automatically, or on demand, your network and gives you all the functionality and tools you need to effectively install and manage patches on all machines across different Microsoft operating systems and products in all languages supported by the vendor.

GFI LanGuard allows auto-downloads of missing patches as well as patch roll-back, resulting in a consistently configured environment that is secure against vulnerabilities.

Patch Management for other applications
GFI LanGuard offers patch management support for other (non-Microsoft) software, enabling administrators to detect, download and deploy missing patches for supported applications in the same way as is done for Microsoft updates.

With GFI LANguard, it is possible not just to patch third party applications, but also to upgrade to their latest versions (i.e. if an old version of Adobe Flash is detected, GFI LANguard will provide an option to either upgrade to the latest version or to apply all patches for that version).

GFI LANguard is the first solution that automates patching for all major web browsers running on Windows systems: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera Browser.

Deploys custom and third party software and patches network-wide
Besides deploying patches and service packs, GFI LanGuard also enables you to easily deploy third party software or patches network-wide. You can use this feature to deploy client software, and update software, virus updates and more; practically any application that can run silently can be pushed in the network using GFI LanGuard.

Agents technology
GFI LanGuard can be configured to run either in agent-less or agent-based mode. The agents technology enables automated audits and distributes the scanning load across client machines. The administrator simply needs to define the network perimeter and provide credentials to enable automatic network discovery, agent deployment and auditing of the client machines. Manual intervention is necessary only when fine-tuning is required. This feature provides the following benefits:

• High speed: Scan hundreds or thousands of machines in just few minutes
• Automation: Agents update the client status on server on a regular schedule. Every time the application is opened, users can analyze a complete and up-to-date network security overview
• Scalability: Due to distributed load, it is possible to scan more machines in one go, even in WAN environments
• Accuracy: Local scans have less failure points than remote scans; agents will continue to work even when computers are not connected to the network.

Automatic Remediation of Unauthorized Applications
Remediation operations can be triggered automatically at the end of scheduled scans. Apart from reporting on all installed applications, GFI LANguard allows the user to define which applications are authorized or not authorized to be installed on the network. This list of applications can be easily defined for each scanning profile using the Applications Inventory Tool. During a scan, any unauthorized applications are identified and (optionally) uninstalled automatically by GFI LANguard. An integrated Auto-Uninstall Validation tool is provided to help identify which of the detected applications support silent uninstall and can thus be safely and automatically uninstalled.

Remote Desktop Connection
GFI LANguard allows the useful option of a remote desktop connection to fix security issues on scanned computers that cannot be fixed automatically.

Deploys Custom and Third Party Software and Patches Network-wide
Besides Deploying Patches and Service Packs, GFI LANguard enables you to easily deploy third party software or patches network-wide. You can use this feature to deploy client software, update custom or non-Microsoft software, virus updates and more; practically any application that can run silently can be pushed in the network using GFI LANguard. This custom software deployment feature means you can do without Microsoft SMS, which is complex and too expensive for small to medium-sized networks.

Vulnerability Scanning

During security audits, over 15,000 vulnerability assessments are made - scanning the network IP by IP. GFI LANguard gives you the capability to perform multi-platform scans (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) across all environments - including Virtual Machines and to analyze your network’s security set-up and status. GFI LANguard gives you the power to identify and correct any threats before hackers can exploit them.

Set up your own Custom Vulnerability Checks
GFI LANguard allows you to easily create custom vulnerability checks through simple wizard-assisted set-up screens. The wizard is powerful enough to allow building of complex vulnerability checks and the scripting engine is compatible with Python and VBScript. GFI LANguard includes a script editor and debugger to help with script development.

Extensive, Industrial Strength Vulnerabilities Database
GFI LANguard ships with a complete and thorough vulnerability assessment database, including standards such as OVAL (2,000+ checks) and SANS Top 20. This database is regularly updated with information from BugTraq, SANS Corporation, OVAL, CVE and others. Through its auto-update system, GFI LANguard is always kept up-to-date with information about newly released Microsoft security updates as well as new vulnerability checks issued by GFI Software and other community-based information repositories such as the OVAL database.

Identify Security Vulnerabilities and Take Remedial Action
GFI LANguard scans computers, identifies and categorizes security vulnerabilities, recommends a course of action and provides tools that enable you to solve the problem. GFI LANguard comes with a graphic threat level indicator that provides an intuitive, weighted assessment of the vulnerability status of a scanned computer or group of computers. Wherever possible, a web link or more information on a particular security issue is provided - such as a BugTraq ID or a Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID.

Helps ensure third party security applications offer optimum protection
GFI LanGuard integrates with over 1,500 critical security applications of the following categories: antivirus, antispyware, firewall, anti-phishing, backup client, VPN client, URL filtering, patch management, web browser, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, disk encryption, data loss prevention and device access control. It provides reports on their status, e.g., if antivirus is enabled and up-to-date, the firewall is turned on, the status of backup software, a list of which instant messaging or peer-to-peer applications are installed in your network, etc. It also rectifies any issues that require attention, e.g., trigger antivirus/antispyware update, start antivirus/antispyware scans, enable antivirus/firewall, or uninstall peer-to-peer, etc.

Ensures Third Party Security Applications (Antivirus and Anti-Spyware) Offer Optimum Protection
GFI LANguard ensures that supported security applications such as antivirus and anti-spyware software are updated with the latest definition files and are functioning correctly. For example, you can check to be certain that supported security applications have all key features (such as real-time scanning) enabled.

Easily Creates Different Types of Scans and Vulnerability Tests
You can easily configure scans for different types of information, such as open shares on workstations, security audit and password policies, and machines missing a particular patch or service pack. You can scan for different types of vulnerability to identify potential security issues. These include:

• Open ports: GFI LANguard scans for unnecessary open ports and checks that no port hijacking is in force
• Unused local users and groups: GFI LANguard removes or disables User Accounts which are no longer in use
• Blacklisted applications: With GFI LANguard, you can identify unauthorized or dangerous software and add to blacklists of applications you want to associate with a high security vulnerability alert
• Dangerous USB devices, wireless nodes and links: GFI LANguard scans all devices connected to USB or wireless links and alerts you of any suspicious activity

And much more!

Network and Software Auditing

GFI LANguard’s Network Auditing gives you a comprehensive view of  your network - what USB devices are connected, what software is installed, any open shares, open ports and weak passwords in use, and hardware information. The solution's in-depth reports give you an important and real-time snapshot of your network's status. Scan results can be easily analyzed using filters and reports, enabling you to proactively secure the network by closing ports, deleting users or groups which are no longer in use, or disabling wireless access points.

Hardware Auditing
GFI LANguard shows detailed information about the hardware configuration of all the scanned machines on your network. All devices from the Device Manager tool from Windows operating systems are retrieved, including motherboard, processors, memory, storage devices, display adapters and much more. Using baseline comparisons you can now check whether any hardware was added or removed since the last scan.

Automatically Receive Alerts of New Security Holes
GFI LANguard can perform routine scheduled scans and can automatically compare results to previous scans. Any new security holes or security set-up changes discovered on your network are emailed to you for analysis. This enables you to quickly identify newly-created shares, installed services, installed applications, added users, newly-opened ports and more. GFI LANguard will generate specific reports and email notification whenever there are software or hardware changes detected within the audited network. Our reports also show what remediation operations were performed.

Check to Ensure Security Auditing is Enabled Network-wide
GFI LANguard checks if each NT/2000/XP/2003/VISTA/2008/2008 R2/7 machine has security auditing enabled. If not, GFI LANguard alerts you and allows you to enable auditing remotely. Security event auditing is highly recommended as it detects intruders in real time.

Scan and Retrieve OS data from Linux Systems
It is possible to remotely extract OS data from Linux-based systems and scan results are presented in the same way as for Windows-based computers. This means that both Linux and Windows-based computers can be analyzed in a single scanning session! GFI LANguard includes numerous Linux security checks including rootkit detection. GFI LANguard can use SSH Private Key files instead of the conventional password string credentials to authenticate to Linux-based target computers.

Additional Features

Powerful Interactive Dashboard
GFI LanGuard has a new powerful and interactive dashboard that processes all security audits ever made to the network. It provides a summary of current network security status and a history of all relevant changes in the network over time. It also drills down through information starting from network-wide security sensors to individual security scan results.

Multiply the Value of GFI LANguard with Powerful Reporting
Reports are designed to satisfy the requirements of both management and technical staff. GFI LANguard delivers a graphical snapshot of the security status of your network. From trend reports for management (ROI) to daily drill-down reports for technical staff, GFI LANguard provides you with the easy-to-view information you need to fully keep on top of your network’s security environment. Executive reports are now available directly from within GFI LANguard.

Helps You Comply with PCI DSS and Other Regulations
All businesses handling cardholder data, regardless of size, have to be fully compliant with strict security standards drawn up by the world’s major credit card companies. GFI LANguard provides complete vulnerability management coupled with an extensive reporting ReportPack add-on. That makes GFI LANguard an essential, highly cost-effective solution for your organization to safeguard your network and gauge the effectiveness of your PCI compliance program.

Silent Installation Support
You can perform an unattended default installation of GFI LANguard on multiple computers in the background without any user interaction or intervention.

Network discovery not bound by license limitations
With the latest version of GFI LanGuard, license slots are no longer required for all computers and devices in the scan results database. Only the ones that are scanned beyond network discovery are bound by license limitations.

Predefine Authentication Details
GFI LANguard allows you to store separate authentication details for every target computer on your network, avoiding the need to specify authentication credentials prior to every scan. In a single scanning session, it is possible to audit all the targets in your network, even if they require different authentication details and/or methods.

Full text search support
GFI LanGuard makes it possible for users to instantly locate the information they are interested in. Searching the scan results is now as easy as searching on the Internet. The search displays instant results with links to relevant items. You can search for both current and past events and for specific items like vulnerabilities, installed applications, missing patches etc. Moreover, you can save and print search reports.

Support for Virtual Environments
Organizations that use or plan to use virtualization on their network can install and use a range of GFI products with confidence. GFI LANguard supports and runs on the most common virtualization technologies in use, namely VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server and Microsoft Hyper-V. It also offers detection of virtual machines hosted by the scanned computer.

News Section
GFI LANguard features a news section – an easy way to find out about product updates. This section informs you about any new patches that will be supported by GFI LANguard, any new applications that have become available for patch management, and any new vulnerabilities that have been added to the database.

Other Features:

• Automatically checks the password policy for all machines on the network
• Checks for programs that run automatically (potential trojans)
• Finds out if the OS is advertising too much information
• Performs simultaneous scans through the multithread scan engine
• Provides NetBIOS hostname, currently logged username and MAC address
• Provides a list of shares, users (detailed info), services, sessions, remote TOD (time of day) and registry information from remote computer (Windows)
• SNMP device detection, SNMP Walk for inspecting network devices like routers, network printers and more
• Offers alternative command line deployment tool
• Identifies all installed Windows services
• Supports Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Specifications:

System Requirements: Hardware

Hardware requirements depend on network size. Refer to table below for the minimum specifications according to your network size.

	1 to 10 scan targets	10 to 500 scan targets	500 to 1500 scan targets
Processor	2 GHz Dual Core	2.8 GHz Dual Core	2 X 3 GHz Quad Core
Physical Storage	5 GB	10 GB	20 GB
Memory	2 GB	4 GB	8 GB
Network bandwidth usage	1544 kbps	1544 kbps	1544 kbps

System Requirements: Software

Supported operating systems (x86 or x64)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server (SP4 or higher)
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 (SP1)

Supported databases

• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later
• MSDE/SQL Server Express Edition

Other server components

The following components are required to be installed on the server where GFI LANguard is installed:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Target computer components

The following components are required to be installed on target computers for GFI LANguard to be able to scan them:

• Secure Shell (SSH) - Required for UNIX based scan targets. Commonly included as part of all major Unix/Linux distributions.
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Required to scan Windows-based scan targets. Included in all Windows 2000 or newer operating systems.
• Enable File and Printer Sharing.
• Enable Remote Registry.

GFI LanGuard agents

Supported operating systems (x86 or x64):

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate/Home Premium
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate/Home
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced
  -SP4
  -Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or higher
  -Windows Installer 3.1 or higher

GFI LanGuard agent footprint

The target scan machines should cater for the minimum required resources specified below:

• RAM: 25MB
• Agent disk space: 350MB

Screenshots:

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Awards and Reviews:

	GFI LANguard wins Gold in Readers Choice Awards 2010 GFI LANguard has been recognized in the September issue of Information Security magazine as winning Gold for Vulnerability Management - Information Security magazine, September 2010
	GFI LANguard Security Scanner 9 'interesting and comprehensive' "GFI LanGuard is one of the most interesting and comprehensive seucrity scanners for Windows-networks that we know. The product price is easily earned back when GFI LanGuard prevents internet criminals to exploit vulnerabilities in your network and system security." - Computable.com
	GFI LANguard receives positive review from ChannelWeb "We can easily recommend this software for patch management, and believe the company's approach in providing a freeware version for very small businesses is a strong statement in the confidence in the quality of its technology." - ChannelWeb
	GFI LANguard awarded 5 stars GFI LANguard was awarded 5 stars in a review by SC Magazine - SC Magazine
	Latest version of GFI LANguard worth considering Kevin Beaver gives the latest version of GFI LANguard a try, having used the vulnerability scanning solution for years, and finds that the "quick-view dashboard is a nice improvement and I really like the scan progress" - Security on Wheels blog
	GFI LANguard 9: taking control of the web The Italian segment of PC Pro reviews GFI LANguard 9 and finds it to be a strong contender at managing vulnerabilities and patch management. The software also comprises detailed reports for resolving any issues encountered. PC Pro award GFI LANguard an 8.5/10 - PC Professionale
	GFI LANguard: invaluable tool for administrators Help Net Security review GFI LANguard and ascertain that "the three crucial tasks of vulnerability management (vulnerability issues, patch management and network auditing) are addressed in one package, saving effort and time." - Help Net Security
	GFI LANguard 9 awarded in Security Scanner category by WindowsSecurity.com GFI LANguard 9 was selected first runner-up in the Security Scanner category of the WindowsSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. - WindowsSecurity.com
	GFI LANguard awarded in Security Scanner category by WindowsSecurity.com GFI LANguard was selected first runner-up in the Security Scanner category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards - WindowsSecurity.com, October 2009
	GFI LANguard: very competent scanner GFI LANguard is given 5 stars in a review in SC Magazine. The reviewer says it is a solid vulnerability scanner with many pre-defined scanning profiles. It is also moderately priced for the functionality it offers. - SC Magazine, May 2009
	An essential network security tool In a review on eWeek.com, GFI LANguard 9 is described as "an essential component of a network security consultant's toolbox and can also be helpful for SMBs". Reviewer Matthew Sarrel says GFI LANguard is a "true and tried" product and a highly accessible security tool. - eWeek.com. March 2009
	A must for network managers In a review in the Belgian edition of PC Magazine, GFI LANguard™ is given 4 stars out of five and praised for its ease of installation and the low threshold required to get started. Concluding, the reviewer said that GFI LANguard 9 “is a must for every network manager”. - PC Magazine, January 2009
	GFI LANguard does it again! In a review on 9 is given a 95% rating and said to have “finally come of age”. The reviewer sums up the article by saying: “If you have an estate of Windows machines to secure and maintain then this is what you have been looking for. It does everything you might need and more, it’s easy to use and delivers real-world benefits. Once again, a solid 9.5 out of 10 for an excellent product”. - Firewall.cx, January 2009
	Best proactive solution GFI LANguard™ is described as one of the “best proactive software solutions that money can buy to prevent security problems and to perform network audits” in a review on Brighthub.com. The reviewer says the product helps to cut back on administrative overhead. "Managing several hundred computers can be expensive and time consuming." With GFI LANguard, these tasks are held to a minimum and well worth the cost. - Brighthub.com, January 2009
	Vulnerability management solution tops the Network Security Scanner category GFI LANguard™ has been selected by Windowsecurity.com readers as the first runner up in the Network Security Scanner category of the Windowsecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. - Windowsecurity.org, October 2008
	Best compliance scanner GFI LANguard™, a vulnerability management and network security solution, has won the ‘Best’ solution in the ‘compliance category’ in the 2007 IT Security Survey, organized by the website Security-Database.com. - Security-Database.com, February 2008
	GFI LANguard N.S.S. named Best of Tech·Ed 2007 GFI’s vulnerability management solution GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.)™ was named as a winner of the ‘Best of Tech·Ed Awards 2007’, in the Security category, by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro®, SQL Server Magazine® and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com. GFI LANguard N.S.S. was one of over 260 IT products and services submitted for the contest and the judges chose 45 finalists to be interviewed at Tech·Ed in Orlando, Florida. The interviews were conducted in early June and the winners were announced on June 6, 2007 at an evening reception at the Peabody Hotel Orlando. - Windows IT Pro, July 2007
	GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner named Gold Winner again GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner™ was chosen as the winner of the Gold Award in SearchWindowsSecurity.com's Products of the Year 2006 Patch Management contest. The winners were selected by a panel of judges composed of independent industry experts, Windows security professionals and SearchWindowsSecurity.com editors. - SearchWindowsSecurity.com, January 2007
	The most popular commercial security tool for the second year running! In a survey of 3,243 Nmap users, GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner™ has been voted the favorite commercial security tool for the second year running. This position was achieved thanks to GFI LANguard N.S.S.’s product features, such as collecting “Windows machine's service pack level, missing security patches, wireless access points, USB devices, open shares, open ports, services/applications active on the computer, key registry entries, weak passwords, users and groups, and more”. - Insecure.org, June 2006
	GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner named Gold Winner TechTarget’s SearchWindowsSecurity.com named GFI LANguard N.S.S.™ as Gold Winner of the Testing and Auditing category of its 2005 “Products of the Year” awards. The winners were selected according innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value. - SearchWindowsSecurity.com, January 2006
	W2KNews 2005 Target Award Winner GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner™ was voted the winner of the Sixth Annual Target Awards 2005 in the Vulnerability Scanners category by W2KNews, a large online newsletter dedicated to Windows NT/2000/2003 issues. The Target Awards are given to top Windows NT/2000/2003 utilities in 31 different categories through an online reader poll. “The Target Awards represent our attempt to highlight the ultimate shortlist of the best tools that system administrators look for in a number of categories,” said Stu Sjouwerman, editor-in-chief of W2Knews. - W2KNews, June 2005