Remote Security Help and Vulnerability Testing for Buffalo Small Business IT Networks
To get immediate help with network security problems, small businesses in Buffalo, NY, have access to expert troubleshooting remotely by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online support staff is available on a 24x7 basis to offer fast and low-cost help with security crises that are impacting the productivity of your information system. Progent's security consultants are certified to support environments powered by Microsoft, Linux, Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent's wide range of services encompasses firewall expertise, messaging security, protected system design, and data restoration. Progent's support staff has been awarded the industry's top security certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor and Information System Security Architecture Professional.
Progent offers remote security expertise on a by-the-minute model without minimum call duration and without additional fees for setup or off-hour service. By billing per minute and by delivering top level support, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where simple fixes result in big bills.
We've Been Hacked: What Can We Do?
If your business is currently fighting a security emergency, refer to Progent's Emergency Remote Network Help to see how to get fast help.
For organizations that have planned carefully for an attack, the formal post-attack handling procedure promoted by GIAC is Progent's preferred method of responding to a major security penetration.
Introduction to Security Services
Coordinating data security as well as preparation for restoring vital information and systems following an attack demands an on-going process that entails a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's certified experts can assist your business at any level in your efforts to protect your information system, ranging from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security program. Some technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Borne Spam and Viruses.
Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Every business ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security plan that incorporates both preventive and reactive activity. The proactive plan is a set of precautions that helps to minimize security holes. The reactive plan specifies procedures to assist IT staff to evaluate the losses caused by an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and restore network functions as soon as possible. Progent can show you how to design security into your company operations. Progent can install scanning utilities, define and implement a secure computer architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, design safe offsite connectivity to e-mail and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).
If you are interested in an economical option for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services feature automated remote server tracking and quick resolution of emergencies.
System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent has expertise in restoring networks and computers that have been compromised, are in question, or have ceased to function following a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the damage caused by the attack, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the event. Progent's security engineers can also manage a thorough forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and using other proven forensics tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to propose effective measures to avoid or mitigate new assaults.
Backup and Recovery Systems Built on System Center Data Protection Manager
Microsoft Data Protection Manager is a powerful fault tolerant backup and restore technology utilizing fast disk systems to maximize network uptime, speed, and ease of administration. Progent's certified Data Protection Manager consultants can help you to develop a practical disaster recovery plan, design a cost-effective high-availability network infrastructure, configure a Microsoft DPM-based recovery solution, thoroughly validate your system, train your administrative staff or regular service providers how to maintain Microsoft Data Protection Manager, or provide complete IT outsourcing such as remote housing of virtual or physical DPM servers in Progent's data center. To learn more, go to Microsoft DPM Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering
Progent has teamed with Postini to provide small companies E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that stops spam and email threats before they can breach your network firewall. Get the details concerning E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering.
Special Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers can provide world-class expertise in vital facets of computer protection including:
Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with security evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of comprehensive network scans to uncover potential security holes. Progent has broad skills with scanning tools and can help your company to understand assessment reports and react efficiently. Progent's security engineers also provide web application testing and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with key global security standards such as HIPPA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless equipment plus portable devices. Get more details about Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.
Support for MS ISA Server 2006 Microsoft ISA Server offers policy-based protection, enhanced performance, and easy administration of complex networks by providing both a firewall and a Web acceleration server integrated with Microsoft's Microsoft Windows 2003 Server operating system. The ISA Server firewall delivers comprehensive data filtering, control of access rights, and traffic routing. The Web cache enhances network throughput by storing repeatedly requested Web content.
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Expertise
Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to assist you to choose, deploy, and support Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls. Get more information concerning Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help.
Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical services for Cisco's complete family of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, protected broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst family switches. Find out more information concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Expertise.
Additional Firewall and VPN Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a wide range of security technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent can provide small and mid-size companies top-level engineering services for products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors including:
Unannounced Penetration Testing Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a valuable method for helping businesses to understand how exposed their IT environments are to potential attacks by revealing how thoroughly network security procedures and mechanisms stand up to planned but unannounced penetration efforts instigated by veteran security engineers utilizing the latest intrusion methods. Get more information concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise
CISM defines the core competencies and international standards of service that information security managers are expected to achieve. It provides executive management the confidence that consultants who have earned their certification possess the background and skill to provide effective security management and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM expert to assist your enterprise in critical security areas such as information security governance, vulnerability assessment, information security process management, and incident handling management.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP status through verified experience, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes expertise in an international standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included under CISSP include security administration procedures, security design and test systems, access control methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals (ISSAP) Consulting Support for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP certified security consultants are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP certification as a result of thorough examination and substantial hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access management mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security specialists can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Services
The CISA credential is a globally recognized achievement that represents mastery in information system security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has consultants pass an extensive test given by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit consultant trained to help businesses in the areas of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, information technology service delivery, protecting data assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.
Global Information Assurance Certification Support Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to deliver support in important areas of network, data, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations around the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the assistance of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the network security capabilities covered under GIAC accreditation programs including auditing security systems, security incident handling, traffic analysis, and web services security.
Contact Progent for Computer Security Help
If your company is located in Buffalo or anywhere in the state of New York and you need network security support services, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or send email to security-help@progent.com.
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional possesses the skills appropriate to provide support in vital categories of system, data, and application security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and government organizations throughout the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent can provide the support of GIAC certified professionals for any of the security disciplines addressed under GIAC accreditation programs such as assessing security systems, security incident response, traffic analysis, and web services security.
Progent provides Windows Cluster Server consulting to help your business deploy high availability clustered servers that can deliver 100% uptime. Windows cluster servers for high-availability systems include Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, Microsoft SQL Cluster, and Microsoft Exchange Cluster Server. By assisting you t design high availability server clustering solutions around Windows Server Cluster 2003, Progent’s certified Windows experts make sure that your fault-tolerant clustered servers are configured to optimize the competitive value of your computer system.
Progent’s Microsoft certified experts offer small and medium-size businesses experienced support services for Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and 2005 offer extensible and expandable enterprise-class operational management by featuring detailed event management, proactive monitoring and threshold alarms, recording and trend profiling, and network and application-specific heuristics and routines to improve the control of Windows Server System networks. Through internal application intelligence, Operations Manager 2007 and 2005 help you isolate your system reliability problems before they become crises, improve the efficiency of your network operations through actionable best practices, and support your IT operations and senior administrative staff by sharing critical service level and performance information. Progent’s Microsoft Operations Manager consulting experts have broad field-proven familiarity with System Center Operations Manager 2007 and 2005 and can help your business install and configure MOM in order to maximize the reliability and productivity of your IT system.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a complete, web-aware database and data analysis package that opens the door to the fast creation of a new generation of enterprise-class programs that can give your business a critical competitive edge. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 features built-in support for XML and the capability to query across the Internet and beyond the firewall. The experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2000 consultants, averaging more than over 10 years of background supporting Microsoft technology, ensures you success in designing, deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server solutions that are well connected with other applications based on Microsoft's .NET platform.
Microsoft Systems Management Server provides added capability for change and configuration management of Windows-powered systems via introducing Feature Packs. Feature Packs lower the net operational costs of managing and deploying software products by making it easier to install system images, control mobile computers, and run management utilities. In addition to advising you about ways to cut management costs by deploying SMS 2003 Feature Packs, Progent's consultants can show you how to prepare and perform IT projects involving areas that Feature Packs are designed to make more efficient. Progent's migration and update services can lower cost and eliminate business disruption as you move to new operating systems and programs. Progent's wireless consulting experts can help you develop efficient procedures and policies to manage handheld computers and smart mobile phones so your mobile workforce remains efficient and secure. Progent's CISSP-certified consultants and CISM-certified security experts can show you how to develop a security plan that incorporates standards, processes and technologies to keep your IT computer system safe.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified experts offer small and medium sized companies computer consulting, support, and repair services for Microsoft SPS 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an enterprise portal platform for efficiently connecting people, groups and information. SharePoint Portal Server offers a central location for your employees or customers to connect to, manage, distribute and manipulate useful data, documents, and applications and to interact with other people. It enables faster and more intelligent decisions, more efficient access across groups and more streamlined business practices. The main goal of SharePoint Server is to bring together, in a productive way, all of the diverse sources of knowledge accessible within and without a business network. Windows SharePoint Services join workers, customers, teams and projects with the knowledge they’ve developed in a way that makes data easy to locate, download and apply.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is a major step forward in making information systems more protected and fault tolerant, simpler to virtualize and manage, faster, and able to offer an improved platform for web publishing. Progent can help your company benefit fully from the improvements incorporated into Microsoft Windows Server 2008 by providing Microsoft-certified consulting, support, training, temporary staffing, network monitoring, and security services.
With the Catalyst line of switches for small and medium-sized companies, Cisco enables companies to gain the full advantages of adding smart traffic control to their IT infrastructures. Cisco's switch product line allows you to enable features to make your network infrastructure highly robust to handle time-critical requirements, scalable to support growth, secure enough to protect restricted information, and capable of prioritizing and controlling traffic flows to streamline network performance. Progent's CCIE and CCNP certified engineers can help you pick out and integrate Catalyst switches that make sense for your company. Also, Progent's CISA certified security specialists can show you how to develop a comprehensive protection plan and set up Cisco Catalyst switches so they powerfully enforce your security strategy. Catalyst switching products that Progent supports include the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 switches, Catalyst 3560 switches, Catalyst 4948 switches, and Catalyst 6500 Series Switches.
Progent's Check Point experts can help you choose and configure Check Point Firewall and VPN utilities and appliances powered by Check Point Software's technology to offer an affordable and effective security solution for your information network. Progent can also show you how to integrate other Check Point technologies including ZoneAlarm and Check Point FireWall with security products from other vendors and provide a single stop for on-going technical support, administration, training, and consulting services.
Progent's SonicWALL consultants can show you how to pick, deploy, and maintain the SonicWALL Firewall, SonicWALL VPN and SonicWALL PRO family of products and can offer training to help you to manage SonicWALL protection technology. Progent's CISSP qualified consultants, CISM certified security engineers, and CISA certified IS security audit consultants can help you create a complete network protection plan, including documented policies, and build security into your business processes.
Progent's Cisco-qualified network consultants can show you how to run Cisco's management tools along with a variety of specialized third-party applications to create a comprehensive network management strategy in order to keep your network operating smoothly, conserve limited resources, guard your data, recover quickly from hardware failure or malicious assaults, and allow you to add or reassign network resources sensibly and affordably as your company grows.
