G Data has a lineup of compelling business suites available, and the G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise is a great option for protecting your entire business. The solution offers anti-virus protection and one of the best anti-spyware packages that includes components designed for the client level, file servers and mail servers. This internet security suite wins the TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award for being a complete, all-in-one business security solution.
Certifications:
G Data is certified by four of the five certification bodies we employed during our evaluation. Virus Bulletin scores it very highly. However, ISCA certifies it only in detection and not cleaning. Both AV-Test.org and AV-Comparatives.org rank it very highly.
Detection & Cleaning:
G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise includes advanced protection from a variety of malware. The company provides anti-virus components at both the client and server levels. The client anti-virus software runs completely in the background and is essentially invisible, allowing your employees to continue working without interruptions while maintaining security. The G Data anti-Virus component is even completely functional in offline mode. Even though the software runs cloaked in the background, it allows individual employees to perform manual scans if they want to.
The Anti-Virus ManagementServer component offers complete protection with remote installation. Timely updates for anti-virus solutions are crucial, so G Data facilitates automatic updates that are easily distributed to your entire company.
The security suite utilizes advanced technologies to proactively detect viruses. With its heuristic scanning and cloud security features, G Data can find threats before they have the opportunity to reach you. It can effectively locate even advanced modern threats specifically designed to work around security software.
Internet Protection:
In addition to its anti-virus features, G Data also protects your business from adware, spyware, dialers, Trojans, risk-ware, rootkits, spam and phishing scams. G Data's DoubleScan feature incorporates two distinct and powerful virus-scanning engines. Even if one scan misses something, the second scan will likely catch it.
G Data MailSecurity provides comprehensive protection for mail servers, including Exchange and Notes. This solution effectively protects your business resources from viruses and other threats at the gateway level for SMTP and POP3 email accounts.
G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise even protects your employees from dangerous (not to mention annoying) spam. Filters at the file-server level and OutbreakShield on the client level keep spam out of your inboxes in real time. With effective spam protection for your business, you’ll have fewer security threats and will save a lot of time that would otherwise be wasted on spam messages.
Management Features:
G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise includes a great firewall. The G Data firewall is client-based, but it can be remotely installed and configured. This award-winning client firewall effectively controls the flow of data to prevent inbound information from harming your computers, which could lead to losing important business files or documents.
The suite has a variety of additional features that improve security and overall performance. The G Data ClientSecurity component uses multi-threading and white-listing to provide optimum security without affecting PC speed.
The G Data ManagementServer even features cascading disaster protection for your file servers, so in the event of a disaster, you don’t have to worry about complete server loss. Furthermore, its rollback function efficiently restores a previously working signature status if the newest update causes any sort of problem.
Ease of Use:
G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise is completely easy to use, partly because you don’t have to do much. The management utility is quite robust and can manage the security of workstations and servers from one terminal, such as pushing software or performing manual scans. The suite is engineered to perform well in a dynamic business environment, providing simple usability and intuitive interfacing. You should have no trouble managing the suite, and endpoint users will certainly have no trouble staying secure.
Installing the software is straightforward, and with central management and deployment, it should have your whole business protection up and running in no time – securing endpoint PCs, laptops, file servers and mail servers.
G Data ClientSecurity accommodates a variety of small-business setups and integrates well with the business solutions that you already have.
Help & Support:
The in-program help for the various components of G Data's suite is well presented. You can find additional help or instructions in the product manual. For specific questions, you can contact G Data by phone or email, or you can submit a support ticket online. G Data also offers premium support in the event of an emergency or more personalized security problems. Its support staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year.
Summary:
Overall, G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise is a well-designed suite of security software that provides all the essential ingredients your business needs to stay protected and running smoothly. As one of the best internet security solutions available for small businesses, the suite delivers a high-quality product that is simple to use, easy to manage and, most importantly, effective.
: G DATA Software
Version: 11
Pros: Certification bodies in the industry rank G Data ClientSecurity Enterprise highly.
Cons: G Data's suite doesn't provide local data backup or P2P file sharing protection.
The Verdict: G Data is a well-rounded small business internet security suite that is easy to use.
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