Remote Security Help and Compliance Assessment for Garland Small Company IT Networks
For immediate assistance with computer security problems, small companies in Garland, TX, have access to world-class troubleshooting remotely by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online support consultants are ready on a 24x7 basis to offer effective and economical help with security crises that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to provide help for environments based on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's wide range of consulting services covers firewall expertise, email security, secure network design, and data restoration. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the world's top security certifications including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and CISSP.
Progent offers online security help on a by-the-minute model with no minimum minutes and no extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class help, Progent's billing structure keeps costs low and eliminates scenarios where quick fixes turn into major charges.
Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
In case you are currently fighting a network security crisis, go to Progent's Emergency Online Computer Help to find out how to get immediate help.
For companies who have prepared in advance for an attack, the step-by-step incident handling model outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security attack.
Introduction to Security Services
Managing computer protection and preparation for restoring vital data and functions after an attack demands an on-going process involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's security experts can support your business at whatever level in your efforts to protect your information network, from security audits to designing a complete security strategy. Some technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Borne Threats.
Planning and Building Secure Environments
Every company ought to develop a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive activity. The proactive plan is a collection of steps that helps to minimize security holes. The reactive strategy defines procedures to assist IT staff to evaluate the losses resulting from an attack, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your business operations. Progent can set up scanning utilities, define and build a safe IT architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to enhance the protection of your information system. Progent's security experts are ready to help you to set up a firewall, deploy secure offsite connectivity to email and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).
If your company is looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Packages include non-stop remote system monitoring and quick response to problems.
Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in recovering systems and devices that have been compromised, are suspect, or have failed following a security attack. Progent can help evaluate the damage caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary business operations, and retrieve data lost owing to the event. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive failure analysis by going over activity logs and using a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to propose efficient measures to avoid or mitigate new attacks.
Backup and Recovery Planning Centered on Data Protection Manager
Microsoft Data Protection Manager is a revolutionary backup and recovery solution based on disk-to-disk systems to improve availability, performance, and ease of administration. Progent's expert Data Protection Manager consultants can help you to create a practical business continuity plan, implement a cost-effective non-stop IT architecture, install a DPM-powered backup and recovery system, thoroughly test your system, educate your administrative staff or local service providers how to manage Microsoft DPM, or handle complete IT outsourcing including remote hosting of DPM machines in Progent's world-class data center. For more information, visit Data Protection Manager (DPM) Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam Filtering
Progent has teamed with Postini to provide small and midsize businesses E-Mail Guard, a managed service that stops spam and e-mail viruses before they can penetrate your network firewall. Get more details concerning E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam Filtering.
Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's certified consultants offer unique expertise in vital facets of network security including:
Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with security evaluation utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of automatic system tests to reveal possible security problems. Progent has broad skills with these utilities and can help your company to analyze assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web application testing and can conduct thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key global security standards including HIPPA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security including fixed wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Learn more information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.
Setting up MS ISA Server Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 provides policy-based security, improved performance, and easy management of internetworking by providing both an advanced firewall and a Web acceleration server integrated with Microsoft's Microsoft Windows Server operating system. The firewall delivers comprehensive data filtering, management of connectivity policy, and traffic direction. The Web cache enhances system performance by remembering frequently requested Web data.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help
Progent can offer the services of a Cisco CCIE engineer or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to help you to select, deploy, and support Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls. Find out additional information about Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help.
Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth consulting support for Cisco's entire family of protection and VPN technologies including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst switches. Get the details concerning Cisco Security, VPN and Wireless Support.
Other Firewall and VPN Solutions
In addition to supporting a broad range of security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent can provide small and mid-size organizations top-level support for security products from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers including:
Stealth Intrusion Testing Consulting
Unannounced intrusion checking is a key technique for allowing businesses to understand how vulnerable their information systems are to potential attacks by testing how effectively network protection procedures and technologies stand up to authorized but unpublicized intrusion attempts launched by veteran security specialists utilizing the latest intrusion techniques. Find out the details concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the fundamental skills and international standards of service that information security professionals are required to achieve. CISM offers business management the confidence that consultants who have earned their certification have the experience and knowledge to provide effective security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM-certified support professional to assist your enterprise in critical security disciplines including data security governance, vulnerability assessment, information protection program management, and incident handling support.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification through demonstrated experience, extensive study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP status accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered under CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and test systems, access permission systems, applications development security, business processes security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Engineering Services for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP certified security experts are consultants who have earned ISSAP certification following thorough examination and extensive hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access control mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security experts can help your business with all phases of architecture security.
Certified Information Systems Auditor Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is an important achievement that signifies mastery in information system security audit and control. Certified by ANSI, the CISA credential has candidates pass a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-qualified security consultant trained to assist companies in the fields of IS audit process, information technology governance, systems and architecture planned useful life, information technology service delivery, safeguarding information assets, and business continuity preparedness.
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to ensure that an accredited security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to provide support in key categories of system, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions around the world including and the U.S. NSA. Progent can provide the help of certified professionals for all of the network security disciplines addressed within GIAC accreditation topics including assessing perimeters, incident response, intrusion detection, and web services security.
Contact Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If your company is located in Garland or anywhere in Texas and you're looking for network security engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or email security-help@progent.com.
Progent provides small and medium size companies professional support for Intrusion Protection Systems and IPSec VPN solutions from major firewall and Virtual Private Network security vendors including Check Point Software, Juniper, and Symantec. Progent can help you create a detailed security plan and choose the right technologies from multiple vendors to support your security goals while staying within your budget restraints.
Even if your business has a small network services group and a modest technology budget, your information system can still have the same high availability and responsiveness that once needed a substantial in-house service group. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the expertise of world-class Microsoft-qualified and Cisco-qualified network consultants, the most recent system management products for 24x7 monitoring and threshold alarms, and economical support packages such as a help desk call center to keep your vital network applications and hardware operating. Progent's 24x7 Network Management Services include round-the-clock network monitoring, server monitoring, and application monitoring to cut support expenses, fix trouble spots quickly, and prepare for issues before they impact system productivity. Progent is experienced at deploying System Center 2005, part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative built on Microsoft Operations Manager (Microsoft MOM) to deliver complete process management. Progent can help with Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and MOM 2005 to offer small business systems enterprise-class reliability, protection and capacity.
Progent’s fault tolerant system experts provide reliability support, disaster recovery planning, system load balancing, non-stop interoffice access, non-stop Internet interface design, fault-tolerant data center consulting, and other high-availability networking support to show your company configure a non-stop network for mission-critical applications. Progent has the experience to design affordable, non-stop networks by deploying the evolving suite of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers including Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, Microsoft SQL Cluster Server, and Microsoft Exchange Cluster Server. Progent’s Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants can help you build a high-availability mutli-location network with a fully mirrored Internet connection and efficient system load balancing.
The service background of Progent's certified Windows Server consulting team, with an average of over 10 years of work in Microsoft technology, ensures you success in identifying the version and configuration of Windows 2003 Server that aligns most closely with your company's strategy. Progent can also assist you with designing, deploying, managing and supporting powerful information technology solutions powered by Windows Server, and can streamline your migration from Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows NT.
Progent's Computer Help Desk Outsourcing Services are intended specifically for small organizations who need fast availability of a Help Desk Call Center with professional phone support and effective escalation capability but who must operate within a restricted information technology budget. Key features of Progent's Help Desk Outsourcing Services are Help Desk Call Center Support,
Optional Remote Access Provisioning, System Evaluation, Expert Escalation, Virtual Help Desk Call Center Support, Per Minute Billing, and Helpdesk Software Recommendation and Integration.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have more than a decade of background providing email, digital messaging, and e-mail-telephony combination support for small companies as well as big enterprises. Progent provides affordable Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server support to strengthen email and virus protection, configure high availability email systems, and implement off-site and wireless email access. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange consulting services can help you in designing and carrying out a migration from an outdated SMPT server or older Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. In addition provides XP and Vista client-side Microsoft e-mail consulting for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook and can help you integrate Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Outlook XP. For email virus protection and spam blocking, Progent supports Postini's heuristic rules analysis and Trend Micro Scanmail. Progent is an authorized Postini aggregator. As a Postini reseller, Progent can help small businesses take advantage of Postini’s corporate-class spam filtering technology.
Remote management cards give IT managers full control over a server without the need for a personal visit. Using remote management cards, all console screen information plus keyboard and mouse functionality are transferred to an off-site session to an IT professional who can be located anywhere in the world. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco authorized engineers can help you to design, implement, and support a high-availability company network that incorporates remote management cards and Progent can use these remote server management cards to deliver low-cost remote technical support. Progent has experience with a variety of remote server management cards including Aten IP9001 remote management cards, American Megatrends remote management cards, Dell remote server management cards, HP Lights-Out remote server management cards, and Peppercon remote server management cards.
Progent's fault tolerant support services for small company networks offer Microsoft and Cisco-qualified network experts who can help you implement clustered servers to build a robust computing environment that includes essential technologies and activities for mission critical applications. Progent’s fault-tolerant network experts can help you create ultra-reliable IT systems by designing and integrating the growing line of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers. Clustered Windows servers for high-availability networks include Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, SQL Server Cluster, and Exchange Cluster. By showing you how to build your non-stop environment based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster, Progent’s consulting professionals can help configure a network infrastructure with features that include high-availability Internet connections, system load balancing, fault tolerant data center design, fault tolerant interoffice connectivity, high-reliability multi-location systems, and fault-tolerant disaster recovery.
Les Kent has a 25-year track record of effective network integration, corporate administration, marketing, and operations. He has demonstrated a knack for developing elegant information technology solutions during his time as as a network designer, programmer, project manager, implementation expert, and problem solver for small businesses, new ventures, and major enterprises.
Progent's Apple Mac consultants can promote the creative aspect of Mac computing by offering help services and education in imaging, sound, and video. Progent's consultants offer help in a range of Apple Mac programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, Digidesign Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and Adobe After Effects. Progent can also help you with special jobs such as capturing or digitizing audio or video or setting up an audio/video production studio.
