Remote Security Support Services and Compliance Testing for Fresno Small Business Network Systems
To get fast help with network security problems, small businesses in Fresno, CA, can find world-class expertise remotely by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote service consultants are ready on a 24x7 basis to offer effective and economical help with security emergencies that threaten the viability of your IT network. Progent's accredited engineers are qualified to provide help for systems based on Windows, Linux, Apple Mac, Sun Solaris, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad range of services covers firewall configuration, email security, protected system architecture, and data restoration. Progent's technical support staff has earned the industry's most advanced security accreditations including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Information System Security Architecture Professional.
Progent provides remote security expertise on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum call duration and without additional fees for sign-up or off-hour support. By charging by the minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses under control and eliminates scenarios where quick solutions entail major expenses.
We've Been Attacked: What Should We Do Now?
In case your business is currently experiencing a security crisis, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help to find out how to get fast aid.
For companies who have planned beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling model promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security incident.
Overview of Small Business Security Services
Coordinating computer protection plus staying ready for recovering vital information and systems after a security breach demands a continual effort that entails an array of tools and processes. Progent's certified consultants can help your organization at whatever level in your efforts to protect your IT system, ranging from security assessments to designing a complete security strategy. Important technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Borne Spam and Viruses.
Planning and Implementing Secure Networks
Any organization should have a carefully considered security plan that includes both preventive and responsive steps. The proactive strategy is a collection of precautions that works to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to assist IT staff to inventory the damage caused by an attack, repair the damage, record the event, and revive network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your business operations. Progent can configure auditing utilities, define and build a secure IT architecture, and propose procedures and policies that will enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, deploy safe remote access to email and data, and configure an effective virtual private network.
If your company is looking for an affordable option for jobbing out your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature automated online server tracking and fast resolution of problems.
Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in recovering systems and computers that have been hacked, are suspect, or have failed because of a security attack. Progent can help evaluate the losses resulting from the assault, restore normal functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the attack. Progent's security engineers can also perform a thorough forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and using other advanced assessment techniques. Progent's background with security problems minimizes your off-air time and allows Progent to recommend effective ways to prevent or contain future attacks.
Backup and Restore Strategies Built on Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a revolutionary data backup and recovery product centered around high-speed disk systems to optimize fault tolerance, performance, and ease of administration. Progent's expert Microsoft Data Protection Manager engineers can assist you to create a practical business continuity strategy, design an affordable high-availability network infrastructure, install a DPM-based backup and restore system, thoroughly test your DPM system, educate your IT personnel or local service providers how to maintain Microsoft Data Protection Manager, or provide complete information technology support outsourcing including remote hosting of DPM servers in Progent's world-class data center. For details, see System Center Data Protection Manager Consulting Services.
Managed Spam Filtering
Progent has partnered with Postini to offer small and midsize companies E-Mail Guard, a managed service that blocks spam and e-mail attacks before they can breach your corporate firewall. Read additional information about E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam Blocking.
Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants offer world-class specialized help in key facets of network security including:
Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with security evaluation utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a variety of comprehensive system tests to identify possible security gaps. Progent has extensive experience with these tools and can assist your company to understand audit results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web software testing and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key industry security specifications including HIPPA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including fixed wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Read more details about Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.
Consulting for Microsoft ISA Server Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 provides rules-based security, improved performance, and easy management of internetworking by incorporating both a firewall and a Web cache mechanism integrated with Microsoft's MS Windows 2003 Server operating system. The firewall provides extensive data filtering, management of connectivity policy, and traffic direction. The Web cache improves system performance by storing repeatedly accessed Web data.
Progent's Microsoft ISA Server support service gives small companies the expertise of certified professionals who can plan and deploy a solution that supports your security requirements without limiting network efficiency.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Expertise
Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to assist you to select, deploy, and support Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls. Read the details concerning Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Support.
Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver in-depth technical expertise for Cisco's entire range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and IS routers, wireless access points, and Catalyst switches. Get more information about Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Support.
Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
As well as supporting a broad array of security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent offers small and mid-size businesses top-level consulting for products from other important firewall and VPN suppliers such as:
Unannounced Intrusion Checking Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a vital technique for helping companies to find out how vulnerable their IT environments are to serious attacks by showing how effectively corporate security procedures and technologies stand up against planned but unannounced penetration efforts instigated by seasoned security engineers utilizing advanced intrusion techniques. Read more information concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Support Expertise
CISM defines the core skills and international benchmarks of service that information security managers are required to achieve. CISM offers executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their CISM have the background and skill to offer efficient security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM support professional to assist your enterprise in key security areas such as data protection governance, risk management, information security program control, and crisis response support.
CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP status as a result of verified experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP status accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered within CISSP include security administration practices, security design and test systems, access control systems, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.
ISSAP Engineering Services for Protected Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP certified security consultants are consultants who have earned ISSAP certification after thorough examination and significant experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts possess in-depth knowledge of access management mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security consultants can assist your company with all aspects of architecture security.
CISA Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is an important achievement that signifies mastery in IS security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential has consultants pass an exhaustive test given by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit professional able to help companies in the areas of IS audit services, information technology governance, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, IT support, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery planning.
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security experts. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited security consultant has the skills needed to provide services in important categories of system, information, and software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and government organizations all over the world including and the United States NSA. Progent offers the assistance of certified security engineers for any of the security services covered under GIAC certification programs such as auditing security systems, security incident response, traffic analysis, and web application security.
Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your company is located in Fresno or elsewhere in California and you're trying to find security consulting expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or send email to security-help@progent.com.
For corporations with branch offices in Northern California or any region served by Progent's engineers, Progent's Microsoft-certified IT consulting professionals and certified Cisco network specialists can provide a range of network support services including project management, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, site moves, corporate security, network design, local or phone-based emergency support, and troubleshooting for colocation hosting environments. A Progent IT architect can show you how to design a multi-site information system that makes smart use of colocation services and Internet hosting sites. Progent’s Microsoft qualified engineers can help large corporations design, integrate and maintain major rollouts of updated versions of Microsoft products including Active Directory, Exchange Server, SMS Server, SQL Server, and Enterprise Windows. Progent’s CCIE and Cisco Certified Network Professional consultants can assist you to deploy Cisco products for connection solutions that combine simple, high-performance, integrated, and remote networking.
Cisco Unified Communications system for VoIP provides the platform and tools for creating a unified converged network that can handle voice, video, and data traffic at the same time. The Unified Communications product line provides this functionality while maintaining a high degree of network availability, QoS, and security. Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional to show you how to benefit from Cisco Voice over IP products. Progent’s Voice over IP consultants can analyze your current network and Internet access channels to determine if your setup is optimized to handle VoIP products effectively, help you to select and implement Cisco products appropriate for today's needs as well as tomorrow's expansion plans, and integrate your Cisco Voice over IP solution with products from third-party vendors. Progent can offer expertise in the entire family of Cisco IP Telephony offerings such as Cisco Unity and Cisco Communications Manager Express.
MS Live Communications Server provides IM and Real Presence as part of an extensible, enterprise-grade package featuring enhanced security, seamless integration with popular Microsoft software, an extendable, standards-based development environment, and compliance with regulatory mandates such as HIPAA, SOX, and GLB. Your enterprise can realize lower costs and improved business efficiencies, enhanced individual productivity, and stronger intellectual property security with this easy-to-administer, highly available IM platform. Effective deployments of Live Communications Server call for extensive planning and consideration prior to roll out. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can deliver the expertise necessary to realize all the advantages of Live Communications Server throughout your entire organization.
Cisco's network security and offsite connection technology for small businesses provide a full line of manageable security solutions to help protect your local and remote network infrastructure. Cisco's Virtual Private Network product family features routers, firewalls, intrusion detection devices and VPN appliances. Progent's professional staff of consultants includes experienced specialists with Cisco's CCIE and Cisco Certified Network Professional qualifications who are able to help your business to select Cisco VPN, Cisco RADIUS Security, Cisco Aironet wireless appliances, and additional Cisco security solutions that fit most closely with your business goals.
Our compensation structure is based on contribution, so similar to working as a freelance consultant, your earnings are directly tied to your work effort. Certain Progent consultants focus on quality of life and elect to consult at an easy pace, utilizing our self-determined calendar to follow personal pursuits like mountain biking, car racing, snow boarding, surfing, vacations, or spending private time with family and friends. Others use the chance to earn big bucks via hard effort and long days. Progent completely encourages both ends of the spectrum plus any point in the middle.
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Progent’s team of Microsoft and Cisco certified experts average longer than ten years of real-world professional background, at the front lines of network support, performing a wide variety of IT projects for an extensive array of clients. Every Progent support professional shares a proven set of personal best practices which are combined into company-wide best practices training that Progent teaches its consulting staff. This means that you get not only expert IT skills, but also a support engineer with field-tested approaches for applying computer knowledge to repair actual IT problems efficiently.
VMware Server is a no-cost virtualization package that runs on Linux and Windows Servers. VMware Server enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple logical machines and to start realizing the benefits of virtualization with little monetary outlay. VMware Virtual Server is a robust yet simple to use product for users unfamiliar with server virtualization technology and is powered by VMware’s time-tested platform. VMware Server is ideal for programmers, departments, and branch offices who want to streamline software development, test software in economical virtual environments, run outdated operating systems, and save time in server provisioning. Progent's experienced virtual server consultants can assist you with VMware Server, VMware GSX Server, and VMware VirtualCenter so your business can take advantage of VMware server optimization.
Progent’s Cisco Security/VPN professionals and CCIE and CCNP certified support staff can help your small or mid-size business integrate and support Cisco’s security and VPN technology such as routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN access concentrators. Cisco VPN products include both off-site connectivity and site-to-site VPNs with Cisco IOS Software and Advanced Integrated Module hardware encryption cards, and hardware devices, such as a VPN concentrator, router, Cisco PIX Firewall, or dedicated VPN server for dial-up services. Cisco VPN products are easy to administer and offer the flexibility to expand with your 1:25 PM 6/28/2006growing business needs. Progent’s Cisco-certified network consultants support Cisco’s comprehensive line of products aimed at eliminating information pilfering, virus and worm assaults, DDoS attacks, and other threats to your information system. Progent can show you how to integrate Cisco products to achieve secure connectivity, intrusion protection, and comprehensive Identity services based on Cisco ACS using RADIUS security and TACACS to create a central client access control framework for user certification, authorization, and accounting from an easy-to-use Web interface.
Progent believes that a well designed and executed information system can be a vital factor for accelerating any firm's growth, and Progent applies this belief in our own system infrastructure. Progent has built a fault-tolerant virtual office infrastructure that allows our in-house consultants and authorized contractors to offer fast and efficient service, cooperate easily on challenging jobs, and experience career and private growth from acting as a member of a dynamic company culture of self motivation and independence.
AT&T, Broadwing, New Edge, NextWeb, Speakeasy Internet Service Provider Agent
Progent has agency agreements with several of the communications industry's leading data/voice carriers and can offer your small business the same data/voice bundles you can get by buying direct. Progent can also assist you to identify the service packages that make the best sense for your environment and can deliver professional consulting expertise to help you integrate your data and voice services into a cohesive solution that optimizes the business value of your computer network. Service providers whose connections are offered through Progent include AT&T, Broadwing, and NextWeb.
Progent’s Cisco-certified technology consultants can provide help for Cisco routers that includes configuration and maintenance services plus experienced Cisco IOS software help. Progent's services for Cisco routers include design help for redundancy, automatic failover, and redundant power for better fault tolerance and network availability. Cisco routers for small to medium sized businesses include Cisco 800 Series Routers, Cisco 1700 Series Routers, the Cisco 1750 Modular Access Router, the Cisco 1751 Modular Access Router, the Cisco 1760 Access Router, Cisco 2500 Router, Cisco 2600 Series Routers, Cisco 3600 Routers, and Cisco 3700 Series Routers. The Cisco 800 Router Series securely connects small or branch offices and off-site telecommuters to the Internet or to the corporate network via ISDN, DSL, Ethernet or serial lines. Cisco 1700 Router Series modular access routers are built to provide a cost-effective, complete e-business solution for small and midsize companies. They deliver versatility and ease of management to meet complicated e-business demands, such as multiservice data/voice/video/fax integration, high-performance broadband Internet access, and comprehensive security solutions. Cisco 2600 Routers are a line of modular multiservice access routers for remote offices, providing flexible local area network and wide area network options, multiple security selections, and an array of high performance CPUs. The Cisco 3700 Router Series is a family of scalable, multiservice access platforms for mid-sized and large-sized organizations. With more than 70 available interface options, the Cisco 3700 product line provides solutions for data, voice video, hybrid dial access, VPNs, and multiprotocol data routing.
