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16 Glossary
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Access permissions
A set of permissions (access, read and write) that are assigned to users and groups per device
category, connectivity port or a specific device.
Active Directory
A technology that provides a variety of network services, including LDAP-like directory serv-
ices.
Alert recipient
A GFI EndPointSecurity profile account to hold the contact details of users intended to
receive e-mail alerts, network messages and SMS messages.
Alerts
A set of notifications (e-mail alerts, network messages or SMS messages) that are sent to alert
recipients when particular events are generated.
Alerts administrator account
An alert recipient account that is automatically created by GFI EndPointSecurity upon instal-
lation.
Automatic discovery
A GFI EndPointSecurity feature to search and discover computers that were newly connected
to the network at configured scheduled times.
B
BitLocker To Go
A Microsoft Windows 7 feature to protect and encrypt data on removable devices.
C
Connectivity port
An interface between computers and devices.
Create Protection Policy wizard
A wizard to guide you in the creation and configuration of new protection policies. Con-
figuration settings include the selection of device categories and ports to be controlled and
whether to block or allow all access to them. This wizard also allows the configuration of file-
type based filters, encryption permissions as well as logging and alerting options.
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