Online Security Consulting and Vulnerability Testing for Kansas City Small Office Network Systems
For fast assistance with network security issues, small companies in Kansas City, MO, can find world-class expertise remotely from Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote support consultants are available at any time to provide efficient and low-cost help with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your information system. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to provide help for environments powered by Windows, Linux, Apple, Solaris, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad array of consulting services encompasses firewall configuration, e-mail security, secure network design, and data restoration. Progent's support staff has earned the industry's most advanced security certifications including CISM and Information System Security Architecture Professional.
Progent offers remote security expertise on a per-minute basis without minimum call duration and no additional charges for setup or after hours support. By billing by the minute and by providing top level help, Progent's billing structure keeps costs low and eliminates situations where simple fixes entail big bills.
We've Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
If your business is now faced with a security crisis, refer to Progent's Urgent Online Computer Help to learn how to get fast aid.
For businesses who have prepared carefully for a security breech, the step-by-step incident response model outlined by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of responding to a major security attack.
Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Managing data protection as well as planning for recovering critical data and systems after a security breach demands a continual effort that entails an array of technologies and processes. Progent's certified security consultants can help your organization at whatever level in your efforts to guard your IT system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security program. Some technologies covered by Progent's experts include Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Borne Threats.
Planning and Building Protected Networks
Any business should develop a carefully thought out security strategy that incorporates both preventive and reactive elements. The proactive strategy is a set of precautions that helps to minimize security holes. The post-attack strategy defines activities to help IT personnel to evaluate the damage resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and revive network functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to design protection into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing utilities, define and implement a safe computer infrastructure, and propose processes and policies that will maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to help you to configure a firewall, deploy protected remote access to e-mail and information, and configure an effective virtual private network (VPN).
If you are looking for an economical way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature automated online server tracking and fast response to emergencies.
System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent has skill in recovering systems and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working as a result of a security breach. Progent can help evaluate the losses caused by the attack, return your company to ordinary business operations, and retrieve data lost as a result of the assault. Progent's security engineers can also manage a thorough failure evaluation by examining event logs and using other proven forensics techniques. Progent's background with security problems reduces your downtime and allows Progent to recommend efficient ways to avoid or contain new assaults.
Fault Tolerant Backup and Recovery Planning Centered on System Center Data Protection Manager
Microsoft DPM is a powerful data backup and restore product based on fast disk subsystems to optimize network uptime, performance, and manageability. Progent's certified Data Protection Manager (DPM) engineers can help your company to develop an effective disaster recovery strategy, design a cost-effective high-availability network infrastructure, deploy a DPM-based backup and restore solution, thoroughly validate your DPM system, train your IT staff or local service providers how to maintain DPM, or handle complete IT support outsourcing including remote hosting of DPM machines in Progent's world-class data center. To find out more, go to Data Protection Manager Consulting and Support Services.
Managed Spam and Virus Blocking
Progent has partnered with Postini to provide small businesses E-Mail Guard, a managed service that intercepts spam and email attacks before they can penetrate your network firewall. Read more details concerning E-Mail Guard Managed Spam Filtering.
Special Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's security engineers can provide unique support in key facets of computer security including:
Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with security evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive system tests to identify potential security problems. Progent has broad experience with these and similar utilities and can help your company to analyze assessment reports and react appropriately. Progent's security consultants also provide web application validation and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major global security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless protection including fixed wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Read additional information about Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.
Managing MS ISA Server MS ISA Server provides rules-based protection, improved performance, and simple management of internetworking by incorporating both an advanced firewall and a Web cache server coordinated with Microsoft's Windows 2003 Server platform. The ISA Server firewall delivers extensive data filtering, management of connectivity policy, and traffic direction. The Web cache enhances system throughput by storing frequently accessed Web content.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help
Progent can offer the services of a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco Certified Network Professional to assist you to choose, deploy, and support Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls. Read the details about Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Expertise.
Cisco Protection, VPN and Aironet Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and integrated services routers, wireless access points, and Catalyst family switches. Read the details concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Support.
Additional Firewall and VPN Technologies
As well as supporting a broad range of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide small businesses expert engineering services for solutions from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors such as:
Unannounced Intrusion Testing Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a valuable method for allowing organizations to find out how vulnerable their IT environments are to real-world threats by testing how well corporate security processes and mechanisms stand up against planned but unannounced penetration efforts instigated by veteran security specialists using advanced hacking methods. Find out additional information concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Consulting Expertise
CISM identifies the core skills and worldwide benchmarks of service that information security professionals are required to achieve. CISM provides executive management the assurance that consultants who have been awarded their accreditation possess the experience and knowledge to offer effective security administration and consulting support. Progent can offer a CISM expert to assist your enterprise in key security areas such as data protection governance, risk management, information protection process control, and crisis response support.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP accreditation through verified experience, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered within CISSP include security administration procedures, security design and models, access permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Consulting Support for Protected IT Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP certified security consultants are experts who have earned ISSAP status as a result of thorough testing and substantial experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth understanding of access management 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-qualified security consultants can help your business with all aspects of architecture security.
CISA Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious achievement that represents expertise in network security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an exhaustive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-qualified security engineer trained to assist businesses in the areas of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, network assets and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting data resources, and business continuity planning.
GIAC Professional Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of computer security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to provide services in vital areas of system, data, and program security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and institutions all over the world including and the U.S. NSA. Progent offers the help of GIAC certified professionals for all of the security services addressed under GIAC certification programs including auditing IT infrastructure, incident response, intrusion detection, and web application security.
Depend on Progent for Network Security Support
If your organization is located in Kansas City or elsewhere in Missouri and you're trying to find computer security consulting expertise, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or email security-help@progent.com.
If your business runs a Sun Solaris environment or a mixed-platform computer system, Progent's CISM and ISSAP-qualified consultants can help your whole organization in a broad range of security areas such as security management practices, security design and strategies, access management systems and methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, telecommunications, network and Internet security, and business continuity planning. CISM, CISSP and ISSAP define the fundamental competencies and worldwide standards of performance that network security professionals are expected to master. These accreditations offer IT management the assurance that consultants who have earned their CISM or CISSP qualification have demonstrated the experience and theory to offer effective security management and consulting help.
Progent's Microsoft-certified ISA Server consultants have long backgrounds configuring ISA Server-based security installations for information systems with multiple sites, mobile workers, and line-of-business web applications. Progent's Microsoft Firewall consultants are available to help your small business in planning and implementing a configuration of ISA 2000 Server or ISA 2004 Server that supports your network security requirements without overly restricting your IT system accessibility. Progent's consulting professionals can help you upgrade from Microsoft Proxy Server from ISA 2000 Server to ISA 2006 Enterprise Edition Server or ISA 2006 Standard Edition Server.
Progent's expert consultants can show you how to design and implement a smooth in-place Exchange Server 2007 upgrade strategy that minimizes productivity downtime, reduces ongoing support demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server easy to manage. For complex multi-server or multi-site upgrades, Progent offers the background to finish your move rapidly and economically. Progent's Exchange Server 2007 help, repair, and design services include expertise with the configuration of third-party add-ons to Exchange 2007 Server and the creation of unified messaging implementations powered by Exchange 2007 Server.
Progent’s certified Cisco IT security consultants offer high-level PIX and ASA Firewall consulting support including infrastructure design, integration, and support of Cisco firewall and Cisco security solutions. The PIX and ASA Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewall products delivers robust user and software policy enforcement, mutlivector attack defense, and secure access services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop appliances for small and home businesses to modular gigabit products, Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls offer a high level of security, performance, and high reliability for network environments of any size. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a hardened, purpose-built platform,minimizing common OS-specific security gaps. PIX firewalls offer multiple integrated security and connectivity services, including advanced application-aware firewall services, VoIP and multimedia security, site-to-site and remote access IPSec VPN connectivity, intelligent networking services, and flexible management solutions. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series leverage engineering developed for firewalls from the Cisco PIX 500 product line. Progent’s network security consultants can help you select and deploy any Cisco PIX 500 or ASA Series firewalls such as the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall, the PIX 525 Firewall, and the Cisco ASA 5540 Adaptive Security Appliance.
Progent’s Cisco-qualified network professionals offer wireless consulting services for Cisco WAP and wireless bridge products. Cisco provides access points that have either single 802.11g radios for up to 54 Mbps of throughput or dual-radio access points supporting both 802.11g and 802.11a for as much as 108 Mbps of network capacity. Progent’s Cisco wireless consultants can provide expertise for the entire family of Cisco 802.11g wireless access points and wireless bridges such as the Cisco Aironet 350 Access Point, the Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Bridge, the Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series and 1230AG Series access points, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point/Bridge, the Cisco Aironet 1400 Wireless Bridge, as well as any Cisco 802.11b Wireless Access Point product. The Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series and 1230AG Series access points are designed to conserve current and future network infrastructure dollars10:25 AM 6/28/2006. The 802.11a radio supports throughput of up to 54 Mbps on 12 free 5 GHz channels to provide fast performance plus high scalability. The 802.11g radio supports throughput as high as 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band. When using an 802.11g radio, the access point may be installed to handle only 802.11g clients for high-bandwidth applications, or, for better investment protection, it may be configured to support both 802.11g and legacy 802.11b devices.
If your company is developing UNIX or Linux software in an environment that has Windows-based processors, desktops, and office productivity products, Progent offers comprehensive IT outsourcing that allows you to focus on your area of strategic know-how while avoiding the continual distraction of maintaining your business network. By using automated server monitoring and by providing remote and on-site support as your company needs it, Progent represents an economical solution for supporting an IT network that provides excellent dependability, security, and efficiency. Progent's Linux developer assistance offerings include full-service network support outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, online and on-siteservice and repair, network monitoring, and help desk call center outsourcing.
For small businesses considering Progent's IT outsourcing, consulting, or technical support services, call 800-993-9400 or e-mail information@progent.com.
Progent's UNIX family support services provide small companies and developers assistance with managing and supporting UNIX, Linux or Solaris systems that coexist with Microsoft-powered technology. Progent can give your organization access to UNIX experts, support professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISM certification. This broad array of experience offers you a convenient one-stop consulting firm to help you create and maintain a protected and robust mixed-platform network and communications environment that allows UNIX and Microsoft coexistence by integrating Windows with popular variants of UNIX including Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, BSD, SCO and SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian-GNU and Slackware.
Progent's Sun Solaris platform support experts offer small and mid-size businesses and software developers assistance with managing and supporting Solaris environments that operate with Microsoft-powered technology. Progent can give your organization access to Solaris consultants, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISA and CISSP credentials. This broad array of expertise provides you with a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to create and manage a protected and reliable mixed-platform network and communications infrastructure that allows Solaris and Microsoft interoperability by integrating MS Windows with popular variants of UNIX such as Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO UNIX, and Silicon Graphics IRIX or major Linux derivatives such as RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Mandrake, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware Linux.
Progent's Check Point consultants can show you how to select and configure Check Point Firewall and VPN utilities and appliances powered by Check Point Software's security platform to provide an economical and effective security solution for your corporate network. Progent can also show you how to integrate other Check Point products including Check Point ZoneAlarm and Check Point FireWall with protection products from other vendors and offer a central source for on-going network support, maintenance, training, and consulting expertise.
Progent’s IT outsourcing packages offer economical computer consulting for medium-size companies. Whether it includes planning network architecture, setting up an in-house Help Desk or using an outside one, rolling out an updated email system, monitoring your system, or developing a web-based eCommerce solution, outsourcing your network technical services can reduce costs and minimize risks, allowing IT support expenses to increase in a more linear and manageable manner than is possible by assembling a large, all-purpose internal network support organization. Progent’s Outsourcing White Paper and flyers explain how Progent can enable you to build a protected and highly available system foundation for your vital Windows-powered business software such as Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2000.
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security experts. GIAC's goal is to verify that an accredited professional possesses the knowledge needed to provide services in important categories of system, data, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions throughout the world including and the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the support of certified consultants for any of the network security services addressed under GIAC accreditation programs including assessing IT infrastructure, security incident response, intrusion detection, and web services security.
If you are developing UNIX or Linux applications on a network that includes Windows-based servers, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent can provide comprehensive network support outsourcing that frees you to focus on your field of high-value know-how without the constant hassle of managing your company information system. By using smart network monitoring and by providing online and on-site assistance as your company needs it, Progent represents an economical way for supporting an information system that features excellent availability, protection, and performance. Progent's developer assistance services include comprehensive information technology outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, online and in-personsupport and troubleshooting, proactive network monitoring services, and help desk call center support.
