GFI EventManager is a very efficient and effective log and event management tool which covers most of the daily security monitoring activities - Dragos Lungu
GFI EventsManager and GFI Network ServerMonitor were named winners of the "Community Choice Awards", and GFI EndPointSecurity was awarded Best Security Product - Community Choice by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine - Windows IT Pro
In a test review of GFI EventsManager, the editorial team at PCWin, a software download site, gave the product a five-star award.-PCwin
"GFI EventsManager Report Pack comes with dozens of predefined reports (mostly Windows-related), each of which can be edited or used to make new reports." - InfoWorld
GFI Software, an HP alliance partner, has been certified HP Converged Infrastructure Ready - demonstrating GFI’s expertise in delivering solutions that are Converged Infrastructure compliant.
GFI EventsManager is named preferred product in the ‘best security auditing product’ category of Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Readers Choice Awards 2011.
Redmond - December, 2011
GFI EventsManager has been recognized for excellence and awarded the 2007 Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Security Auditing Product category by Redmond Magazine. The 2007 Winner and Preferred Product awards are presented to vendors in 45 different product categories, ranging from antivirus and network management to firewalls and backup utilities. - Redmond Magazine
In a review on firewall.cx, Alan Drury describes GFI EventsManager 7 as an excellent tool that will “make your life easier and help keep both you and your systems out of trouble” and rates it 9 of out 10. He said the product enables you to collect and archive event logs across an organisation, but “there’s so much more to it than that”. He highlights GFI EventsManager’s ability to run external scripts and adds that “customisation is one of the real keys to this product”. Although GFI EventsManager 7 may be a little on the slow side at startup, “this is a testimony to the fact that the product is doing a lot of work on your behalf and, to get the best from it, you really should give it a decent system to run on. The benefits you’ll gain will more than make up for the investment. Overall, this is an excellent tool that will.” - Firewall.cx
GFI EventsManager “is a very nice package with clear business benefits” according to a review in ITpro.co.uk by Ian Murphy. Giving the product four stars out of a maximum six, the author highlights the product’s relative easy to install, well-written documentation and other features that help the administrator during the installation and configuration process. - ITpro.co.uk
In a detailed review for EventID.net, Adrian Brigorof has awarded GFI EventsManager five stars, being the top score. He praised the product for being “easy to install and configure” and for “giving no false positives even with the default monitoring rules”. The reviewer noted that “SQL is used as a backend database and allows further customization of the reports and building of web-based reporting interface”. Another useful feature is the integration with www.eventid.net – which provides administrators a quick way of understanding the meaning of a particular event. Given the versatility of this product, he concluded that the “prices are just right”. - EventID.Net
GFI EventsManager is one of three products analyzed by Will Kelly in an article on event logs on Processor.com. The article looks into the approach taken by GFI Software and two other companies with regard to event logs management. Andre Muscat, Director, Network Security Products, explains how companies must first determine their requirements before choosing an appropriate event logs monitoring solution. He also encourages end users to download trial versions of the tools and evaluate them against their own environment and requirements. - Processor
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) took top honors in the closely contested “Best Security Auditing” category in the annual 2006 Redmond magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. - Redmond magazine
Readers of Redmond magazine have named GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) as the "Best Security Auditing Product" in the publication's annual Redmond Reader Survey Awards, published in the "Best of the Best" issue. All products chosen are "solid, innovative, and essential", according to editor-in-chief, Doug Barney: "All of our winners are truly outstanding." Over 2,000 readers voted for the products that they use to help them get their jobs done. - Redmond magazine
In his article “Event Log Management”, Adrian Grigorof presents a list of the GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) features that he likes, and there are many! The reviewer finds GFI LANguard S.E.L.M to be “highly specialised” because it offers “right-to-the-point information about what you are interested in” and “no-nonsense statistics and reports”. Furthermore, he writes that GFI EventsManager is “easy to install”, it integrates with Microsoft tools and the design does not require the network administrator “to learn yet another type of configuration interface”. The reviewer describes GFI EventsManager as being cost-effective and views it to be ideal for the small or medium company which “should get tools that are smart and inexpensive”. Grigorof also mentions the product's “properly organised support web page” and the highly responsive and knowledgeable support staff. - EventID.Net
In a column for Network World Fusion, M.E. Kabay, reviews three important aspects of early warnings in CIRT (computer incident response team) management: notification of vulnerabilities, notification of threats and notification of incidents. When speaking of incidents, the reviewer stresses that “intrusion detection systems should be configured to alert network management personnel at once when there are successful intrusions, disturbances of network performance, equipment malfunctions and other incidents". The reviewer describes GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) as a solution to the above - "an available system to coordinate output from network and security systems for rapid notification". - NetworkWorldFusion
In a detailed article in Certification Magazine, Douglas Schweitzer stressed on the importance of network intrusion detection and prevention systems - "software programs designed to detect unauthorized attacks on a computer network system". He describes GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) as a product that helps "make intrusion detection systems more efficient". The reviewer also states that GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. is a "valuable" tool in enterprise networks. - Certification Magazine
Top software distribution site, File Transit Inc., has given GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. 5 (now GFI EventsManager) a five-star rating for being a high quality network-wide event log management solution. - FileTransit.com
All-Internet-Security.com, one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources of information on the web for Internet security, has awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) 4 points out of 5. GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. also placed among the top 5 in the site's top 10 intrusion detection systems for 2004. The ability to alert administrators to security issues in real time earned the product a top spot. - All-Internet-Security.com
CRN technology editor Frank J. Ohlhorst was impressed with GFI EventsManager, referring to it as "a comprehensive security package" that can help administrators detect and respond immediately to internal and external attacks. Describing the product's key benefits, the reviewer highlighted the tool's straightforward installation process and said that GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) is a security must-have for any company. The product scored 4 out of 5 for technical merit as well as for GFI's channel program and was awarded the CRN Test Center Recommended logo. - CRN
Readers of Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine have named GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) as the best product for "Determining Who's Accessing What" category in the publication's "Products You Love" Awards. MCP Magazine reported that "GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. beat out software from the multi-billion dollar behemoth Computer Associates to win the security auditing category": Readers were impressed by GFI LANguard S.E.L.M.'s real time reporting capabilities and the fact that it "protects networks from creeps inside...the firewall - you know, the hacker-wanna-be in the mailroom or the disgruntled IT employee who'll stop at nothing to get revenge". - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine
Softforall.com, a site providing high quality shareware and freeware, awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) the highest possible rating of five stars. - Softforall.com
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) was awarded the top five-star rating by Shareup.com, a resource center for top rated shareware and freeware. - Shareup.com
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) was awarded the top five star rating by FileHungry.com, the resource center for top rated shareware and freeware. - FileHungry.com
MonitorTools.com, a network-related site for IT professionals, awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) five stars and named it Editor's Pick. A review on the site says: "GFI LANguard S.E.L.M.'s intelligent analysis means you do not need to be an 'Event Guru' to be able to monitor users attempting to access secured shares and confidential files" and "monitor critical servers and create alerts for specific events and conditions occurring on your network." - MonitorTools.com
WebAttack.com, the popular site for Internet and system tools, has awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) five stars, the highest rating possible. - WebAttack.com
In a review of GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager), Enterprise Server Magazine (ESM) focused on the product's capacity to "give you visual and audio alerts at the first hint of critical event", whereby "a single email can warn you of problems anywhere on the network". In the article, ESM consultant editor Kay Ewbank described GFI LANguard S.E.L.M.'s ability to "perform event-log-based intrusion detection and network-wide event log management" and noted: "GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. analyses the NT, XP and Windows 2000 event logs of all machines on your network in real time and alerts you to security issues, attacks and other critical events". - Enterprise Server Magazine
GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) has won SC Magazine's Best of 2002 award. - Secure Computing Magazine
SoftLandmark, one of India's top download sites, has awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) five stars and named it Editor's Pick. - SoftLandmark
Swynk.com described GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) as being "a practical and cost-effective solution" for companies aiming to ensure a cohesive security strategy. "If you're serious about monitoring security on your network, you should take a look at GFI LANguard S.E.L.M.," writes trainer Dan DiNicolo in his review of GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. for Swynk. "Not only will the product reduce the amount of administrative effort required to manage and monitor event security, it will also give you the peace of mind of knowing that you'll be able to respond to critical incidents in a timely fashion." - Swynk.com
SC Magazine awarded GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) the topmost score of 5 stars and described it as "a powerful tool". - Secure Computing Magazine, March 2002
An extensive lab report by Windows 2000 Magazine (Benelux) discusses how GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) "can relieve administrators of a great deal of work" as it helps keep a security watch of their network. Reviewer Henk Boot finds GFI EventsManager to be "extremely useful" as it "systematically and thoroughly monitors a large computer base in it entirety". - Windows 2000 Magazine (Benelux)
Networkingfiles.com has named GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) the Monitoring Title of the Month, after reviewing, testing and fully researching the product. Networkingfiles.com found GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. is "extremely easy to configure" and described it as " a powerful monitoring tool that an admin can just leave running in the background". The review said: "GFI LANguard has network-monitoring setup to whatever time increment you prefer and will email you with an immediate problem once it is detected. Overall a great application that an admin accessing one place can find information on security logs." - Networkingfiles.com
The NSS Group has reviewed GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) and awarded it the NSS Approved logo that is granted only to products that the group is happy to recommend. In a detailed review, the NSS Group found that GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. enables administrators to perform detailed analysis of Windows security event logs, providing them with real-time security alerts. - The NSS Group
A product review on Channel Business reported that GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. (now GFI EventsManager) can "detect intrusion and problems like full disk drives directly from the managed computer's own log files without deploying an extensive network management infrastructure..." The review recommended using GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. "to cut administrative time, while allowing the luxury of instant notification of events that could quickly bring down parts or all of a network". - Channel Business
In a comparative review in of log management products in WindowsIT Pro, the magazine gives GFI EventsManager 4.5 marks out of 5 for both its ease of implementation and ease of use. The reviewer recommends GFI EventsManager for anyone “whose log management needs are limited to Windows Events logs, syslog output and W3C log file information”. - Windows IT Pro
GFI EventsManager is named preferred product in th...
GFI EventsManager is named preferred product in the ‘best security auditing product’ category of Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Readers Choice Awards 2011.
Redmond - December, 2011
GFI Software, an HP alliance partner, has been cer...
GFI Software, an HP alliance partner, has been certified HP Converged Infrastructure Ready - demonstrating GFI’s expertise in delivering solutions that are Converged Infrastructure compliant.
"GFI EventsManager Report Pack comes with dozens of predefined reports (mostly Windows-related), each of which can be edited or used to make new reports." - InfoWorld
GFI EventManager is a very efficient and effective...
GFI EventManager is a very efficient and effective log and event management tool which covers most of the daily security monitoring activities - Dragos Lungu
GFI EventsManager and GFI Network ServerMonitor we...
GFI EventsManager and GFI Network ServerMonitor were named winners of the "Community Choice Awards", and GFI EndPointSecurity was awarded Best Security Product - Community Choice by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine - Windows IT Pro
In a test review of GFI EventsManager, the editori...
In a test review of GFI EventsManager, the editorial team at PCWin, a software download site, gave the product a five-star award.-PCwin
In a comparative review in of log management produ...
In a comparative review in of log management products in WindowsIT Pro, the magazine gives GFI EventsManager 4.5 marks out of 5 for both its ease of implementation and ease of use. The reviewer recommends GFI EventsManager for anyone “whose log management needs are limited to Windows Events logs, syslog output and W3C log file information”. - Windows IT Pro
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