GFI Software, a leading developer of network security, content security and messaging software, announced the release of the GFI PCI Suite, a package aimed at helping companies meet the strict requirements and tight deadlines imposed by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and comply with the majority of automated processes required for compliance.

The GFI PCI Suite provides a centralized management console through which systems administrators can deploy the PCI DSS enhanced versions of GFI EventsManager and GFI LANguard N.S.S. two solutions that are vital to network security and essential to meet the directives imposed by PCI DSS.

GFI EventsManager satisfies all these corporate needs. It is the all-in-one events management solution that:

>Augments security and legal compliance efforts by automating the auditing, translation and interpretation of W3C, Syslog and Windows event logs
>Supports and automates 24x7x356 IT infrastructure security and system health monitoring
>Collects, consolidates and stores network-wide event activity data into a centralized repository for easy access and automated reporting
>Triggers alerts and remedial actions on occurrence of key events such as possible malfunctions, security weaknesses and malicious activity
>Provides a holistic array of event filtering and forensic investigation tools that extensively simplify event analysis
>Ships with unparalleled reporting abilities that provide a filtered but unbiased view of what is really happening on the corporate network!

As a network administrator, you have experienced the cryptic and voluminous logs that make log analysis a daunting process. GFI EventsManager is a log processing solution that provides network-wide control and management of Windows event logs, W3C logs, and Syslog events generated by your network sources.

Other Feature includes:
>Collect events data distributed over a WAN into one central database
>Real-time alerts
>Extended event log support
>Helps to comply with PCI DSS and other regulations
>Centralized event logging
>High performance scanning engine
>"Translates" cryptic windows events
>Extended event log support

GFI Software announced the release of GFI EventsManager with WAN connector. The WAN connector allows companies which have geographically distributed sites to consolidate events from practically anywhere in the world to a centralized location with minimum effort and process them from a single console.

"The WAN connector in GFI EventsManager provides added functionality to administrators in that they now have the ability to monitor what is happening across their network with relative ease and from a single console," Andre Muscat, Director, Network Security Products, said. "For organizations with geographically distributed sites this is definitely a must-have tool," he added.

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, which appeared in the April issue, are presented to vendors in 45 different product categories, ranging from anti-virus and network management to firewalls and backup utilities.