Remote Security Consulting and Vulnerability Testing for Austin Small Office Networks
For fast help with network security issues, small companies in Austin, TX, can find expert support remotely by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's online support consultants are ready round the clock to offer efficient and economical help with security issues that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's security engineers are qualified to provide help for environments powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple, Sun, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent's wide selection of services covers firewall expertise, e-mail systems, protected network architecture, and data recovery. Progent's technical support team has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including CISM and Information System Security Architecture Professional.
Progent provides online security assistance on a by-the-minute basis without minimum call duration and without extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by providing top level help, Progent's billing model keeps expenses under control and eliminates situations where simple fixes entail major charges.
Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
In case your business is currently experiencing a network security emergency, refer to Progent's Urgent Remote Network Help to see how to get immediate assistance.
For organizations who have planned carefully for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling model promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security attack.
Introduction to Small Business Security Services
Managing computer protection plus preparation for recovering critical information and functions after a security breach requires an on-going process that entails a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security experts can assist your organization at whatever level in your attempt to secure your IT network, from security audits to creating a comprehensive security program. Some areas covered by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Information Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from Email-Borne Spam and Viruses.
Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization should have a thoroughly considered security plan that includes both preventive and reactive steps. The proactive plan is a set of precautions that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to assist IT staff to evaluate the damage resulting from an attack, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your company processes. Progent can configure auditing utilities, define and implement a secure network infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies that will maximize the protection of your information system. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, design protected remote connectivity to e-mail and data, and install an efficient virtual private network.
If your company is interested in an affordable way for jobbing out your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options include continual online server tracking and fast response to problems.
System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in recovering networks and computers that have been compromised, are in question, or have stopped working as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help evaluate the losses caused by the assault, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised owing to the assault. Progent's security specialists can also manage a thorough failure analysis by going over activity logs and using a variety of proven forensics tools. Progent's experience with security problems reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to suggest effective strategies to avoid or contain future attacks.
Backup and Restore Strategies Built on System Center Data Protection Manager
Data Protection Manager is a revolutionary fault tolerant backup and recovery technology centered around fast disk subsystems to maximize network uptime, performance, and ease of administration. Progent's expert Data Protection Manager support professionals can assist your company to develop a practical business continuity plan, design an affordable non-stop IT architecture, install a Data Protection Manager-based recovery system, thoroughly test your DPM system, educate your IT personnel or local consultants how to manage DPM, or handle complete IT outsourcing including remote hosting of DPM servers in Progent's world-class data center. For details, visit Data Protection Manager Expertise.
Managed Spam Blocking
Progent has teamed with Postini to offer small companies E-Mail Guard, a managed service that stops spam and email viruses before they can breach your corporate firewall. Learn additional information concerning E-Mail Guard Managed Spam Filtering.
Specialized Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's certified security engineers offer world-class support in key areas of IT protection such as:
Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with security auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive network tests to identify potential security problems. Progent has extensive skills with testing tools and can assist your company to analyze assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's security engineers also can perform web software validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with key global security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security including fixed wireless appliances plus portable devices. Get more information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.
Consulting for MS ISA Server Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 offers policy-based protection, improved throughput, and easy management of internetworking by providing both a firewall and a Web cache server coordinated with Microsoft's MS Windows Server platform. The ISA Server firewall delivers extensive data filtering, control of connectivity rights, and traffic routing. The Web cache enhances system throughput by storing frequently requested Web data.
Progent's MS ISA Server consulting service gives small and midsize companies assistance from certified engineers who can plan and deploy a solution that supports your security needs without limiting network productivity.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help
Progent can give you access to a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco CCNP expert to help you to choose, configure, and manage Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls. Learn more details concerning Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Consulting.
Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver world-class technical expertise for Cisco's entire range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points, and Catalyst family switches. Find out additional information concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Help.
Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
In addition to being expert in a broad array of protection technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent can provide small businesses top-level engineering services for technologies from other major firewall and VPN vendors including:
Unannounced Penetration Testing Services
Unannounced penetration checking is a vital method for helping businesses to understand how exposed their IT environments are to serious threats by showing how well corporate security policies and mechanisms hold up against authorized but unpublicized penetration efforts launched by veteran security specialists utilizing the latest hacking techniques. Learn the details concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Consulting Expertise
CISM defines the core competencies and international standards of performance that IT security managers are expected to achieve. It provides executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their certification have the experience and knowledge to provide effective security management and engineering support. Progent can provide a CISM-certified support professional to help your organization in critical security areas including information protection governance, vulnerability assessment, data protection program management, and crisis response management.
CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP certification through verified professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in an international standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included under CISSP include security administration practices, security design and models, access permission systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.
ISSAP Engineering Support for Secure IT Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP certified security experts are consultants who have earned ISSAP certification following rigorous testing and extensive experience. field experience with network security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a globally recognized achievement that signifies mastery in network security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has candidates undergo an exhaustive examination administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit consultant able to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit process, IT governance, network assets and architecture lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.
GIAC Professional Expertise
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of information technology security experts. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to provide support in critical areas of system, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and institutions all over the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent offers the expertise of GIAC certified professionals for any of the network security disciplines covered under GIAC certification programs such as auditing IT infrastructure, incident response, traffic analysis, and web services security.
Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If your company is located in Austin or elsewhere in the state of Texas and you want security consulting, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or email Progent at security-help@progent.com.
Progent offers a variety of network service packages for small companies. These information technology outsourcing and server monitoring solutions are built around the anticipatory problem solving abilities of Microsoft Operations Manager, a state-of-the-art network and IT management product that monitors the reliability, throughput, and security of your network and identifies incipient troubles before they can disrupt your network. With Progent's economically priced network support programs, small businesses can select a simple MOM-based co-sourcing package with network monitoring, reporting, Help Desk and online service or a complete 24x7 outsourcing package.
Progent's Mac and Microsoft Windows service specialists can show you how to combine Apple Macintosh and Windows systems into seamless networks with full sharing and workgroup functionality. Enabling efficient cooperation among a variety of servers and workstations powered by Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows calls for broad knowledge of and background with Mac and Windows technology. Progent's qualifications in Microsoft and Apple service makes it possible to provide expert support to businesses that depend on these platforms to keep their competitive edge.
Progent's Juniper Networks experts can show you how to configure and manage Juniper NetScreen Firewalls and Juniper VPN products and NetScreen Security Manager software for Netscreen Firewalls. In addition to offering configuration support for
Juniper Networks Firewalls and Juniper VPN products, Progent's CISSP qualified security experts and CISM certified professionals can help you create a comprehensive security plan and design protection into your business processes.
Progent's consultants offer Apple Mac users a variety of services including workstation help, interconnectivity with Windows-based computers, e-mail and telephony configuration, custom software programming, and one-on-one user education. Progent's Apple-certified specialists and Microsoft-certified consultants can show you how to design and support a safe, highly available IT system and communications infrastructure to support environments in which Apple Mac computers coexist with Windows-powered and UNIX/Linux-based systems.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server consulting experts have broad backgrounds creating corporate security designs for IT networks with many sites, mobile users, and mission-critical web-based applications. A Progent ISA Server engineer can help your small business plan and implement an installation of Microsoft ISA Server 2004 that supports your information security needs without restricting your network.
Microsoft Consulting for Automated Software Deployment SMS Consultant
Systems Management Server 2003 provides extra capability for change and configuration management of Windows-based networks via introducing Feature Packs. Feature Packs lower the overall operational costs of managing and configuring software products by making it simpler to copy system images, manage mobile devices, and run management utilities. In addition to alerting you about techniques to cut management expenses by deploying Microsoft SMS 2003 Feature Packs, Progent's consultants can show you how to plan and perform IT projects involving areas that Feature Packs are intended to streamline. Progent's migration and update services can lower cost and reduce business disruption as you move to new operating systems and applications. Progent's wireless consulting experts can show you how to develop efficient procedures and standards to manage handheld computers and smart portable phones so your field force remains productive and secure. Progent's CISSP-certified consultants and CISM-certified security experts can show you how to develop a security plan that incorporates standards, procedures and IT products to keep your IT computer system protected.
The Cisco Unified Wireless Network infrastructure delivers affordable wireless networks for business-critical mobility. Cisco's solution supports the same degree of security, scalability, and manageability for untethered networks that businesses expect in their wired LANs. This involves integrated enterprise-class protection that identifies, prevents, and adapts in response to known and new security threats. This incorporates integrated mobility features such as voice services, position services, visitor access, and enhanced security. Cisco technology has the flexibility and expandability to handle the requirements of IT systems of all sizes, from small companies to global corporations, within WLAN campus environments or local offices. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network architecture allows organizations to exploit the RF infrastructure to optimize business processes and increase productivity via a mobile workforce. Cisco's wireless product families reduce across-the-board IT costs and streamlines LAN implementation, support, and administration. Cisco wireless products that Progent provides expertise for include Cisco's Aironet 1230AG Series access points, Cisco Aironet 1500 Series outdoor mesh access points, Cisco 1400 Series bridges, the Cisco WLCM-E Routers, and Cisco's 2106 Series Wireless LAN Controller.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants offer small and medium sized companies computer consulting, maintenance, and troubleshooting services for Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint Server is an advanced portal solution for intelligently connecting people, teams and data. SharePoint Server offers a central spot for your employees or customers to connect to, manage, share and manipulate useful information, documents, and software and to communicate with one another. Microsoft SharePoint enables quicker and better decisions, more efficient sharing across teams and more streamlined business practices. The primary objective of Microsoft SharePoint Server is to bring together, in a productive way, all of the many sources of information available within and without a business network. Windows SharePoint Services connect employees, customers, workgroups and projects with the data they’ve developed in a manner that makes data easy to find, retrieve and re-use.
Progent can provide you with programmers who can modify your Microsoft Business Solutions ERP, MRP, and accounting system packages to suit your particular company needs. Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants offer experience in Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Management Software, Microsoft Solomon, and Microsoft Retail Management System. Progent also provides expert e-Commerce integration services for safe, company-wide information sharing plus interfacing with CRM packages.
important characteristics of Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains accounting include a modular design that allows you to buy just the components you require, a standardized foundation based on Microsoft technologies to secure your investment and provide a highly interconnected environment, enhanced reporting capabilities that allow you to monitor all operations, income and expenses and sales trends, compatibility with Microsoft Office to enable access to business data, the capability to integrate data from almost any db software or workstation application into Microsoft Great Plains, and an open architecture that makes it easy to create specialized applications. Progent can help you configure and maintain a reliable, protected server and communications infrastructure to support Microsoft Dynamics GP, and can offer experienced Great Plains consultants to help you turn the powerful features of Great Plains accounting into a high-value business solution.
For custom application development, Progent can supply software design experts to produce line-of-business software in areas such as commercial transaction webs, web site design, Microsoft Business Solutions products including Great Plains Software accounting system, and custom management reports produced by Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent’s consultants can use Microsoft IIS to create company-specific eCommerce applications based on Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent offers experts in a wide array of custom program development environments including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce software, Progent also can provide specialists in custom Microsoft Access, custom Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development based on any Microsoft development platform.
