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Network intrusions are on the rise, and many companies are ill-equipped to deal with today's digital thieves. Therefore, detecting and preventing unauthorized network access can be a big business for solution providers. While worms, viruses, Trojan horses and denial-of-service attacks can sap productivity and efficiency, intrusions will prove to be the real threat for Internet-connected businesses. After all, critical corporate data in the wrong hands could easily destroy a company's competitive advantage and definitely creates unplanned-for liabilities.
Longtime security vendor GFI looks to identify and prevent intrusions with the GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor (S.E.L.M.), a comprehensive security package. S.E.L.M. includes realtime monitoring of critical security events and periodic analysis of Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP security logs so administrators can detect and respond immediately to internal and external attacks.
With Microsoft Windows-based servers in widespread use and a constant stream of security vulnerabilities associated with that platform, intrusion detection and prevention start to fit into the must-have category for any company, especially those performing e-commerce or bound by privacy legislation such as HIPAA.
LANguard S.E.L.M can be purchased via perserver or per-seat pricing,...