To get immediate assistance with network security problems, small companies in Honolulu, HI, can find expert expertise remotely from Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote support staff is ready on a 24x7 basis to provide fast and affordable assistance with security issues that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's security engineers are certified to provide help for environments powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple Mac, Sun Solaris, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's wide selection of consulting services encompasses firewall expertise, e-mail security, protected system design, and data restoration. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the industry's most advanced security accreditations including Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Progent offers remote security support services on a by-the-minute model with no minimum times and no extra fees for setup or off-hour service. By charging per minute and by providing world-class help, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses under control and avoids scenarios where simple solutions entail major bills.
Our System Has Been Attacked: What Can We Do?
If your business is currently fighting a network security crisis, refer to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Help to find out how to receive immediate help.
For businesses that have prepared carefully 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 major security incident.
Overview of Progent's Security Services
Coordinating data security and planning for restoring vital data and functions after an attack requires a continual effort that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security consultants can help your organization at any level in your efforts to secure your IT system, from security assessments to creating a complete security plan. Key technologies covered by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from Email-Borne Attacks.
Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Any company should have a carefully considered security strategy that incorporates both preventive and responsive activity. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The reactive plan specifies procedures to assist security personnel to assess the losses resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and restore network functions as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your company operations. Progent can set up scanning utilities, create and execute a safe computer architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy protected offsite connectivity to email and information, and install an efficient virtual private network (VPN).
If you are looking for an affordable way for jobbing out your security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services include automated online server monitoring and immediate response to emergencies.
Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and servers that have been hacked, are suspect, or have ceased to function because of a security penetration. Progent can help assess the damage resulting from the breach, return your company to ordinary business operations, and retrieve information lost owing to the event. Progent's certified specialists can also perform a thorough failure analysis by going over event logs and using a variety of proven forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security issues minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to recommend effective measures to prevent or mitigate new attacks.
Data Backup and Restore Planning Built on Data Protection Manager
Data Protection Manager is a ground breaking data backup and recovery product based on fast disk systems to improve availability, throughput, and ease of administration. Progent's certified Data Protection Manager support professionals can help your company to create a practical business continuity plan, implement an affordable fault-tolerant network infrastructure, install a DPM-powered backup and recovery system, thoroughly validate your DPM system, train your administrative personnel or regular consultants how to maintain DPM, or provide complete information technology outsourcing such as off-site housing of virtual or physical DPM servers in Progent's data center facility. For details, visit Microsoft DPM Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam Blocking
Progent has partnered with Postini to offer small and midsize companies E-Mail Guard, a managed service that intercepts spam and email-borne threats before they can breach your corporate firewall. Get more details concerning E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering.
Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's certified consultants offer unique expertise in key areas of IT security such as:
Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with security evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive network tests to identify possible security holes. Progent has broad skills with these tools and can help your company to analyze assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web application validation and can perform thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key global security standards including HIPPA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless security including fixed wireless equipment as well as portable handsets. Get the details concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.
Consulting for Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server offers rules-based protection, enhanced performance, and easy management of complex networks by incorporating both a firewall and a Web cache mechanism integrated with Microsoft's Windows 2003 Server operating system. The firewall provides extensive data filtering, management of connectivity policy, and traffic direction. The cache improves network throughput by remembering repeatedly accessed Web content.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help
Progent can offer the services of a Cisco CCIE engineer or Cisco CCNP expert to help you to select, deploy, and manage Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls. Find out more information concerning Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Consulting.
Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth technical expertise for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network products such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and integrated services routers, wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst switches. Read more information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Expertise.
Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a wide array of network security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent can provide small organizations top-level support for solutions from other important firewall and VPN vendors such as:
Stealth Intrusion Testing Services
Stealth penetration checking is a valuable method for helping organizations to find out how exposed their information systems are to serious attacks by revealing how effectively corporate security policies and technologies stand up to authorized but unpublicized penetration efforts launched by seasoned security specialists utilizing advanced hacking techniques. Read additional information concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) defines the core skills and worldwide standards of service that IT security managers are expected to master. It offers business management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM possess the background and knowledge to provide efficient security administration and engineering support. Progent can offer a CISM-certified support professional to assist your enterprise in vital security areas such as data protection governance, risk assessment, information security process control, and crisis handling management.
CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation through demonstrated experience, extensive study, and formal testing. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge covered under CISSP include security administration procedures, security architecture and models, access permission systems, software development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.
ISSAP Consulting Services for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP certified security experts are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP certification following rigorous testing and extensive experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth knowledge of access control systems and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture.
Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a globally recognized achievement that indicates mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass a comprehensive examination administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-qualified security engineer trained to help businesses in the fields of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, network assets and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology support, safeguarding data assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to certify the skill of network security engineers. GIAC's goal is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to deliver support in critical categories of network, data, and software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations all over the world including and the United States National Security Agency. Progent can provide the assistance of GIAC certified consultants for any of the security services covered under GIAC accreditation programs including assessing perimeters, incident response, traffic analysis, and web application security.
Contact Progent for Network Security Help
If your business is situated in Honolulu or elsewhere in the state of Hawaii and you're looking for network security help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or send email to security-help@progent.com.
Progent's certified Data Protection Manager (DPM) support professionals can assist you to develop an effective business continuity plan, implement an affordable fault-tolerant IT architecture, install a Microsoft DPM-based backup and restore solution, thoroughly test your DPM system, educate your IT staff or local consultants how to manage Data Protection Manager, or handle complete IT support outsourcing such as remote housing of Data Protection Manager machines in Progent's secure data center facility.
The Cisco Unified Wireless Network infrastructure offers cost-effective wireless networks for productive mobility. Cisco's solution supports the identical degree of security, flexibility, and ease of administration for untethered LANs that businesses expect in their tethered LANs. This involves built-in enterprise-class protection that detects, prevents, and self-corrects in reaction to known and new security threats. This incorporates integrated mobility services like voice services, location services, guest access, and enhanced protection. Cisco products have the flexibility and scalability to handle the requirements of networks of any size, from small businesses to global enterprises, for WLAN campus environments or local offices. Cisco's Unified Wireless Network architecture allows companies to exploit the RF infrastructure to improve operations and increase efficiency via mobility. Cisco's wireless solutions lower overall IT costs and simplifies LAN deployment, support, and administration. Cisco wireless products that Progent supports include the Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series access points, Cisco 1500 outdoor mesh access points, Cisco Aironet 1400 bridges, Cisco's WLCM Routers, and the Cisco 2106 Series Wireless Network Controller.
Progent's Microsoft-certified ISA Server 2004 consultants have long experience with Internet Security and Acceleration Server developing Microsoft ISA Server-based security installations for information systems with multiple sites, mobile workers, and mission-critical eCommerce applications. Progent's ISA Firewall consultants are available to help your small business in designing and implementing a configuration of ISA Server 2000 or ISA Server 2004 that supports your information protection needs without overly limiting your network accessibility. Progent's consulting professionals can help you upgrade from Microsoft Proxy Server from Microsoft ISA 2000 to Microsoft ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Server, ISA 2004 Standard Edition Server, or other up-to-date editions of ISA Server.
For enterprises with branches in California or any area served by Progent's consultants, Progent's Microsoft-qualified IT support professionals and authorized Cisco network specialists can provide a variety of network support services such as project planning, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, site relocations, corporate security, network design, local or phone-based emergency support, and technical support for collocation hosting facilities. A Progent network consultant can help you design a multi-office information system that makes smart use of colocation services and Internet data centers. Progent’s Microsoft qualified consultants can help large enterprises plan, integrate and maintain major rollouts of the latest versions of Microsoft technology including Enterprise Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange Server, SMS Server, SQL Server, and Enterprise Windows. Progent’s CCIE and Cisco Certified Network Professional experts can assist you to configure Cisco products for connectivity solutions that incorporate basic, high-speed, integrated, and wireless networking.
Progent’s Microsoft certified experts provide a variety of consulting services for Great Plains Business Software. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft financial package and corporate management tool based, like all Microsoft accounting solutions, on the scalable and popular foundation of Microsoft Windows technology. Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0, the most recent version of Microsoft financial software in the Microsoft Great Plains Accounting line, offers an affordable solution for controlling and integrating accounting, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, on-site support, customer relationships, and human resources. Microsoft Great Plains is easy to install and configure, and with its segmented design you are able to purchase only the capability you currently require, with the ability to expand users and increase functionality when necessary. Progent’s Microsoft Great Plains Software consulting experts can help you deploy, customize and administer Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 and also older editions of Great Plains such as Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 and Microsoft Great Plains 7.5.
Progent offers technical support for mid-size businesses with 50 to 250 system clients. The medium size company or office has typically been an overlooked segment of the market for network consulting expertise. The cost structures and support delivery practices of major outside support organizations make them excessively expensive for the ordinary small business or small medium business (SMB), which usually has a modest information technology budget with which to support an IT system whose advanced technology and capability are often similar to the information systems of much larger companies. Progent's service delivery model, which takes full advantage of remote support, virtual network technology and 24x7 server monitoring, significantly lowers the network maintenance expenses of an SMB while offering the mid-size company with big-company service from certified, world-class experts with background in a wide array of small business network solutions. If your medium size organization or small business is looking for the quality of network support appropriate for a medium size organization without budgeting big-company costs, you need Progent.
SQL Server 2008 offers indispensable, standardized tools to computer experts and network users, lessening the difficulty of creating, deploying, administering, and accessing company data and database applications on platforms ranging from mobile devices to corporate information systems. The complexity and integration demands of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 require an IT consulting firm with hands-on experience and wide knowledge in designing and building data-driven, comprehensive business IT solutions. The experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified engineering staff, with an average of more than 10 years of professional work involving Microsoft integration, ensures you success in planning, deploying and managing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 solutions that are seamlessly integrated with the Microsoft .NET environment.
Progent's Solaris family support experts provide small companies and software developers support for managing and maintaining Sun Solaris environments that run with Microsoft-powered technology. Progent offers your organization contact with Solaris experts, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISSP certification. This wide range of expertise offers you a convenient single source to show you how to create and maintain a protected and robust mixed-platform network and communications environment that allows Solaris and Microsoft interoperability by integrating Windows with popular variants of UNIX such as Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, BSD, SCO, and SGI/Irix or leading Linux derivatives including RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Mandrake/Mandriva, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware Linux.
Progent’s Cisco-certified network consultants offer experienced PIX Firewall consulting services encompassing architecture, implementation and support of Cisco firewall and Cisco security products. The Cisco PIX 500 Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewalls delivers robust user and application policy enforcement, mutlivector attack protection, and safe connectivity services. Extending from small, easy-to-install desktop devices for small businesses and home offices to modular gigabit appliances, Cisco PIX firewalls offer a healthy level of security, speed and reliability for information environments of all sizes. PIX firewalls are build around a proven, purpose-built platform, PIX OS, avoiding possible OS-specific security holes. The Cisco PIX Firewall has received ICSA Firewall and IPsec certification as well as Common Criteria EAL4 evaluation status. PIX firewalls provide an array of integrated protection and networking services, including powerful application-aware firewall services, Voice over IP and digital media security, multi-site and remote-access IPSec VPN networking, intelligent access services, and extensive administrative solutions. Progent’s Cisco consultants can show you how to select and deploy any Cisco PIX 500 Series firewalls such as the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall, the Cisco PIX 506 Firewall, the Cisco PIX 506E, PIX 515 Firewalls, the PIX 515E Firewall, the Cisco PIX 520 Firewall, Cisco PIX 525 Firewalls and the Cisco PIX 535.
Medium-size companies can get all the benefits of MOM and have fast access to Progent’s Microsoft and Cisco qualified network consulting experts. With Progent's economically priced network service packages, medium-size organizations can select a basic MOM-based co-sourcing package with network monitoring, automated alerts, comprehensive reporting, Help Desk support, and remote service. For businesses with line-of-business environments who need non-stop networking, Progent can provide a comprehensive round-the-clock outsourcing solution. Progent offers expertise in MOM 2005 and MOM 2000 to provide mid-size company networks world-class availability, security and productivity.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have 20 years of background providing electronic messaging and integrated telecommunications/email solutions for companies in Northern California and nationwide. Progent provides economical Exchange Server consulting services to enhance email security and virus protection, provide high availability email, and implement remote and mobile email access. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange consulting and support offerings can assist you in planning and implementing a Microsoft Exchange update or a migration from a legacy SMPT system or older Microsoft Exchange product such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2000. Progent also offers Windows XP and Vista client-side email consulting for Exchange and Outlook and can help you set up Microsoft Outlook 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2000, Outlook XP, and Outlook Web Access. For email virus defense and spam filtering, Progent offers expertise with Postini spam filtering and Trend Micro software. Progent is also an authorized Postini Managed Service Provider (Postini MSP). As a Postini reseller, Progent can help small organizations take advantage of Postini’s advanced spam blocking technology.
Progent's SonicWALL consultants can show you how to select, deploy, and manage the SonicWALL Firewall, SonicWALL VPN and SonicWALL PRO product line and can offer training to allow you to manage SonicWALL protection appliances. Progent's CISSP certified consultants, CISM certified security professionals, and CISA qualified security audit consultants can help you create an end-to-end security plan, including written policies, and build protection into your corporate processes.
Network Administration for Microsoft Gold Partner Tech Support
Progent is a Microsoft Gold Partner with accredited competencies that include Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Information Worker Solutions. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are the most successful Microsoft Business Partners who receive the highest client satisfaction and enjoy the tightest working relationship with Microsoft. The understanding, capabilities, and dedication needed to earn the status of Microsoft Gold Partner pays dividends to Progent's clients by enabling Progent to provide your company more complete technical solutions for your information network.
