Urgent Security Support Services and Vulnerability Assessment for New York Small Office IT Networks
For fast assistance with data security problems, small companies in New York, NY, have access to world-class expertise online from Progent's security engineers. Progent's online support staff is ready at any time to offer fast and affordable help with security issues that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to provide help for systems powered by Windows, Linux, Mac, Sun, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's broad array of services encompasses firewall configuration, email security, protected network design, and information recovery. Progent's technical support staff has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and CISSP.
Progent provides remote security assistance on a by-the-minute basis without minimum minutes and without additional charges for sign-up or after hours support. By billing per minute and by providing top level help, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs low and eliminates scenarios where quick fixes entail major charges.
Our System Has Been Hacked: What Do We Do?
If your business is now faced with a security emergency, visit Progent's Urgent Online Network Support to find out how to get fast assistance.
For companies that have planned in advance for being hacked, the step-by-step post-attack response procedure outlined by GIAC is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security attack.
Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Coordinating computer protection and staying ready for restoring critical information and functions following an attack requires a continual program involving an array of tools and procedures. Progent's security consultants can support your business at whatever level in your attempt to guard your information network, from security evaluation to creating a comprehensive security program. Important areas covered by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from Email-Based Spam and Viruses.
Planning and Building Secure Networks
Every organization should develop a carefully considered security plan that includes both preventive and reactive steps. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to assist IT personnel to assess the damage caused by a breach, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive network activity as soon as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your business processes. Progent can set up scanning software, create and implement a secure IT architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to enhance the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy protected offsite access to e-mail and information, and install an effective virtual private network.
If your company is interested in an economical way for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services include continual remote system tracking and fast resolution of emergencies.
System Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent provides expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been hacked, are suspect, or have failed because of a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to evaluate the losses caused by the breach, return your company to ordinary business operations, and recover information lost as a result of the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive forensic analysis by going over activity logs and utilizing other proven forensics tools. Progent's experience with security issues minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to propose effective strategies to prevent or contain new assaults.
Backup and Recovery Systems Based on Microsoft DPM
Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a ground breaking backup and restore product based on fast disk systems to increase reliability, speed, and ease of administration. Progent's certified Data Protection Manager (DPM) support professionals can assist your company to develop an effective disaster recovery plan, implement an affordable high-availability IT architecture, install a Data Protection Manager-based backup and restore system, thoroughly validate your DPM system, train your administrative personnel or regular service providers how to manage Microsoft DPM, or provide extensive IT outsourcing including remote hosting of virtual or physical DPM machines in Progent's secure data center. To read more, go to Data Protection Manager (DPM) Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering
Progent has partnered with Postini to provide small businesses E-Mail Guard, a managed service that blocks spam and e-mail threats before they are able to penetrate your network firewall. Get additional details about E-Mail Guard Managed Spam Filtering.
Special Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants can provide world-class support in key facets of computer protection including:
Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent provides experience with security auditing tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of comprehensive network scans to reveal potential security holes. Progent has broad experience with testing tools and can assist you to understand assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also can perform web software testing and can perform thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with key global security standards such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security including stationary wireless appliances plus portable devices. Get more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.
Setting up MS ISA Server 2006 Microsoft ISA Server 2006 provides policy-based security, improved throughput, and easy administration of internetworking by providing both a firewall and a Web acceleration server integrated with Microsoft's Windows 2003 Server platform. The firewall delivers extensive data filtering, management of connectivity policy, and traffic direction. The cache enhances network performance by remembering frequently requested Web data.
Progent's MS ISA Server 2006 engineering expertise gives small and midsize businesses the expertise of security professionals who know how to plan and deploy a solution that supports your security requirements while avoiding restricting system productivity.
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Support
Progent can provide a Cisco CCIE engineer or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to show you how to choose, deploy, and manage Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls. Read additional information about Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Help.
Cisco Security, VPN and Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver in-depth technical services for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst Series switches. Read more details about Cisco Security, VPN and Aironet Wireless Help.
Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
In addition to supporting a broad array of protection solutions from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent offers small and mid-size companies top-level engineering services for solutions from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network vendors including:
Stealth Penetration Checking Consulting
Unannounced intrusion testing is a vital technique for helping organizations to find out how vulnerable their networks are to potential threats by revealing how thoroughly network security procedures and technologies hold up to authorized but unpublicized intrusion attempts launched by seasoned security engineers utilizing the latest intrusion methods. Get more details concerning Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager identifies the basic competencies and international standards of performance that information technology security managers are required to master. CISM provides executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their CISM possess the experience and skill to offer effective security management and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM expert to assist your enterprise in vital security disciplines such as data security governance, vulnerability management, information protection process management, and incident handling management.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered within CISSP include security management procedures, security architecture and test systems, access control methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, telecommunications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Engineering Support for Secure IT Architecture
Progent's ISSAP qualified security experts are experts who have earned ISSAP status as a result of thorough testing and significant experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.
CISA Consulting Services
The CISA credential is a prestigious qualification that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates undergo a comprehensive examination administered by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit engineer able to help companies in the fields of IS audit process, information technology enforcement, systems and architecture planned useful life, information technology support, safeguarding information resources, and business continuity planning.
GIAC Consulting Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that an accredited professional has the knowledge appropriate to provide services in key categories of network, information, and application program security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and government organizations around the world including and the United States NSA. Progent offers the expertise of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the network security capabilities addressed within GIAC certification programs such as assessing IT infrastructure, security incident handling, traffic analysis, and web services security.
Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your business is located in New York or elsewhere in New York and you're trying to find computer security engineering help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or email Progent at security-help@progent.com.
Progent is a Certified Cisco Partner offering expert certified engineers available to help you to deploy or maintain Cisco networking solutions. Being a Certified Partner for Cisco, Progent can provide the services of Progent's on-staff CCIE-certified specialists who have expertise in designing, implementing and repairing networking environments powered by Cisco technology. Since Progent is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and offers world-class help for a wide variety of business software, Progent can help you develop comprehensive IT solutions that optimize the business benefit of your information system. Cisco's industry-leading line of networking solutions familiar to Progent includes PIX 500 Series and ASA 5500 Series firewalls, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet 1130AG Series and 1230AG Series wireless access points and bridges, wired and wireless voice over IP phones, Catalyst Series switches, plus security and VPN products.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a complete, web-aware database and data analysis package that opens the door to the rapid creation of cutting-edge high-end programs that can give your business a critical competitive edge. SQL Server provides core support for XML and the capability to query across the Internet and beyond the firewall. The experience of Progent's certified SQL Server 2000 engineers, with an average of more than over 10 years of work helping with Microsoft technology, assures you success in planning, installing and managing Microsoft SQL Server solutions that are well integrated with other applications powered Microsoft's .NET environment.
Progent's Microsoft-certified support staff can provide computer troubleshooting and information technology expertise for Microsoft Operations Manager and for the growing family of Application Management Packs that extend the benefits of MOM to a wide range of business-critical applications. Progent offers consulting for MOM 2005 and MOM 2000 to bring small to mid-size business systems ultra-high reliability, security and speed. Progent can show you how to take full advantage of MOM by performing requirements analysis, installation, setup, customization, troubleshooting, Help Desk outsourcing, security consulting, and administration. With over five years of background with the NetIQ platform upon which Microsoft Operations Manager is based, Progent's network consulting experts can provide small companies enterprise-class expertise with MOM.
Progent can supply small businesses with an information management professional who can function as a part-time Chief Information Officer. This part-time Chief Information Officer can offer strategic direction to help you integrate sensible technology to enhance business processes so they match more closely with your business goals. Your business can develop and implement a well thought out IT strategy without incurring the expense of a full-time senior IT executive.
Progent's certified Data Protection Manager (DPM) engineers can assist you to develop a practical disaster recovery plan, implement a cost-effective high-availability network infrastructure, install a Data Protection Manager-based recovery solution, thoroughly test your system, educate your administrative staff or local consultants how to manage Microsoft DPM, or provide extensive information technology outsourcing services such as off-site housing of Microsoft Data Protection Manager servers in Progent's world-class data center.
Progent has developed a sophisticated support reporting system that stores and organizes detailed documentation for all delivered services. Unlike many independent consultants or small service organizations who provide minimal documentation or specifics of tasks performed, every service provided by Progent is accompanied by full documentation. Every Progent staff member has access to the support reports sent by every consultant to every client. The discipline of documenting and archiving service activity results in more efficient service and avoids a slew of common misfortunes such as when a support client is virtually held hostage to a consultant who won’t release the keys to the kingdom.
Progent's certified consultants offer computer help and network consulting services for Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server, Windows Server 2003, and for the entire family of Microsoft server platforms. Progent's upgrade, configuration, management, and troubleshooting services for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 include planning, installation, documentation, onsite and off-site troubleshooting, Help Desk outsourcing, certified security consulting, and comprehensive network management outsourcing.
Progent's Sun Solaris family support experts offer small businesses and software developers support for administering and supporting Solaris environments that operate with Microsoft-powered technology. Progent offers your organization access to Sun Solaris experts, support professionals qualified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISM and CISA credentials. This wide array of expertise offers you a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to create and maintain a protected and robust cross-platform connectivity and communications solution that supports Sun Solaris and Microsoft coexistence by combining Windows with popular versions of UNIX including Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, AIX UNIX from IBM, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO UNIX, and Silicon Graphics IRIX (SGI/IRIX or major Linux variations such as RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Mandrake/Mandriva, Debian-GNU, and Slackware Linux.
Progent's E-Mail Guard is built on Postini's managed services, which use proprietary pass-through technology versus the store-and-forward technique for defending against spam, e-mail viruses, Directory Harvesting Attacks, and DoA threats. Under Postini's system, email sent to your email server is processed on the fly through Postini's secure data center. Postini’s Connection Manager utilizes intelligent rules analysis to detect behavior profiles associated with Directory Harvest Attacks and immediately filters DHA messages. Postini's Content Filter then separates spam and viruses from benign e-mail using an in-memory procedure that takes mere milliseconds.
Our Experts Group provides consulting in important fields such as Apple OS integration and programs; Consulting for Linux-powered, UNIX-based, and Sun environments; MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management customization; Line-of-business and specialized application support; CIO, management information analyst, and project logistics outsourcing; Custom applications design and integration; Web site, eCommerce, EDI, and client portal development and integration; SQL management and efficiency help; Business information expertise; and Telecom architecture support.
SQL Server 2005 offers powerful, familiar tools to computer professionals as well as to information workers, lessening the difficulty of designing, integrating, managing, and using company data and database programs on platforms ranging from mobile devices to corporate data systems. The sophistication and interconnectivity requirements of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 call for a network consultant with real-world expertise and wide knowledge in designing and building data-driven, end-to-end business IT applications. The expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified technical team, with an average of more than 10 years of background involving Microsoft technology, assures you success in planning, deploying and managing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 solutions that are well integrated with the Microsoft .NET environment.
