Security Center Pro

Security Center Pro is a lightweight software application specialized in offering network traffic monitoring capabilities and protection in real-time, as well as proactive blocking mode of network nodes based on their threat level.

The tool features IDS (intrusion detection system) and IPS (intrusion prevention system) security monitoring options for helping you stay away from unauthorized network connections, malicious activities and potential intruders.

You are welcomed by a clean layout that displays a system summary which includes information about the Monitor, Views, Protection, and Alerts scanner, as well as Security Center Definitions.

The tool implements two gauges that record details about the average and maximum threat and vulnerability levels.

Security Center Pro gives you the possibility to run a new scan (all previously discovered nodes are deleted) and view scan details about the total available and protected nodes, as well as active, inactive and unmanaged nodes.

Plus, you can tweak several scan settings by activating a full security scan mode that allows you to check your nodes' activity and detect their current status, collect node names, gather information about the node service types, vulnerability level, wireless access points, and computer usernames, as well as identify network activity.

Security Center Pro lets you get information about the network view (current network entities and connectivity) and performance view (current network unicasts, multicasts and broadcasts). The view mode is particularly useful especially if you want to graphically analyze your network security and performance.

The program lets you set up rules for the intrusion detection module in order to be able to discover intruders on your network (e.g. new or changed node detection, vulnerable ports), as well as rules for blocking intruders from accessing your network (e.g. real-time alerts on network intruders, notification message prevention).

You are allowed to work with two types of alerts, namely detection and prevention. Both options show messages regarding detection or prevention of potential intruders. Plus, you can create reports, archive messages and clear current alerts.

Security Center Pro comes packed with several settings for helping you run the utility at Windows startup, enable popup messages on discovered alerts, export the currently selected server database to HTML file or SQL/Access database, grant user permissions, automatically remove inactive nodes, exclude specific node addresses, and control the adapters.

Threat settings allow you to pick the preferred thresholds (low, moderate, elevated, high or severe), vulnerability features enable you to select the appropriate computer ports and names for each vulnerability level in the list, while the alert mode gives you the freedom to remove or archive alerts, and automatically forward alerts via email, SNMP, Syslog or Run command.

Security Center Pro comes with a powerful suite of features for providing real-time protection against network threats and detecting network vulnerabilities, and is suitable especially for power users.