Gallagher Security unveils new and improved Security Health Check tool

Security Health Check is “an industry-first tool” with numerous awards under its belt for risk and vulnerability management. It performs an automated system audit and generates a health report, providing users with deeper awareness and understanding of security vulnerabilities complete with suggestions for mitigation, reducing the time and cost of traditional manual audits.

When the Gallagher Security team members learned that users were using the free tool for a lot more than system maintenance, they decided to make improvements tailored to support those varied and practical uses.

“Over time, we’ve learned that our users don’t just use Security Health Check to strengthen their systems,” explained Robert Cowsley, cyber security architect at Gallagher Security. “They’re using it for project management, to justify budgets, as a verification of proper installation, as a sign-off tool and for bridging the technical gap for non-technical departments. There’s a multitude of uses for the tool.”

In response, Gallagher Security has given Security Health Check’s reports a fresh and new look and streamlined the process to simplify its use, while also dramatically reducing run times.

Available for download

Security Health Check is now available for download, making installation more user friendly and removing the need for Gallagher to provide access.

The program is now easier – and faster – to run, generating a summarised health report in minutes versus hours.

Colour-coded health reports have been simplified such that technical and non-technical users alike can understand the severity and priority of the test findings.

“Security Health Check is still the same powerful risk management tool, but now it’s easier to use.” Affirmed Dave Kerry, senior software engineer at Gallagher. “We’ve had users who only used to run the tool a couple of times a year, but now they’re enabled to run it weekly because it’s so much faster.”

Additional control

With more control in users’ hands, Security Health Check helps businesses to maximise their Gallagher system’s potential, respond faster to emerging threats and generate usable data in a simplified report whenever the need arises.

“We want to be more than just a systems provider,” concluded Robert Cowsley. “Our goal is to be a trusted advisor. Tools like Security Health Check demonstrate how much we care about taking long-term care of our end users.”

*Learn more about Security Health Check and download the free program online at https://security.gallagher.com/security-health-check