Urgent Security Help and Compliance Assessment for Seattle Small Company Computer Networks
To get immediate help with data security issues, small businesses in Seattle, WA, can find world-class troubleshooting remotely from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is available at any time to provide effective and low-cost help with security emergencies that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited security engineers are certified to provide help for systems powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple, Solaris, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad array of services encompasses firewall expertise, e-mail systems, secure system architecture, and information restoration. Progent's support team has earned the world's most advanced security accreditations including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Progent provides online security assistance on a per-minute model with no minimum call duration and without extra charges for setup or after hours service. By charging by the minute and by providing world-class help, Progent's pricing policy keeps expenses low and avoids situations where simple fixes turn into major expenses.
Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case you are now faced with a security crisis, go to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Help to see how to get immediate help.
For companies that have prepared beforehand for a security breech, the step-by-step post-attack handling procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a major security attack.
Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Coordinating network security and planning for recovering vital data and functions after an attack demands a continual process involving an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's security consultants can support your business at all levels in your efforts to guard your IT network, ranging from security audits to designing a complete security strategy. Important areas supported by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.
Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Every company should develop a thoroughly thought out security plan that incorporates both preventive and reactive activity. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to help IT staff to inventory the damage caused by a breach, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to design security into your company processes. Progent can configure auditing software, define and build a secure computer infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to set up a firewall, design protected online and mobile access to email and data, and install an efficient VPN.
If your company is looking for an affordable way for jobbing out your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options feature automated remote network monitoring and immediate response to problems.
Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in recovering systems and devices that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working because of a security breach. Progent can show you how to assess the damage resulting from the assault, restore ordinary business operations, and retrieve data lost owing to the attack. Progent's security specialists can also perform a thorough failure analysis by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of advanced forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security problems reduces your business disruption and allows Progent to propose effective ways to prevent or contain future attacks.
Data Backup and Restore Systems Centered on Microsoft DPM
Microsoft Data Protection Manager is a ground breaking fault tolerant backup and restore solution based on high-speed disk subsystems to improve availability, performance, and ease of administration. Progent's expert Microsoft DPM support professionals can assist your company to create an effective business continuity plan, implement a cost-effective high-availability IT architecture, configure a Data Protection Manager-based backup and restore system, thoroughly validate your system, educate your IT staff or local service providers how to maintain DPM, or handle complete IT support outsourcing including off-site housing of Data Protection Manager machines in Progent's secure data center facility. For more information, visit Data Protection Manager (DPM) Consulting and Support Services.
Managed Spam and Virus Filtering
Progent has teamed with Postini to offer small and midsize companies E-Mail Guard, a managed service that blocks spam and email viruses before they can breach your network firewall. Find out additional details about E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering.
Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's security engineers can provide unique consulting support in key facets of network protection such as:
Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with security auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of comprehensive system tests to uncover potential security holes. Progent has extensive skills with these and similar utilities and can assist you to analyze assessment results and react appropriately. Progent's security consultants also provide web application validation and can conduct thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to determine your company's compliance with important global security specifications such as FISMA, NIST, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless appliances as well as portable handsets. Get the details concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.
Setting up Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 provides policy-based security, enhanced performance, and easy administration of internetworking by providing both a firewall and a Web cache server integrated with Microsoft's MS Windows 2003 Server operating system. The firewall delivers extensive security filtering, control of access rights, and traffic routing. The Web cache improves system throughput by remembering frequently requested Web content.
Progent's MS ISA Server consulting service gives small businesses the expertise of network security professionals who know how to design and implement a solution that matches your protection requirements while avoiding limiting network efficiency.
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Help
Progent can give you access to a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco CCNP expert to show you how to choose, deploy, and manage Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls. Read additional details concerning Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Help.
Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth technical services for Cisco's complete family of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst switches. Learn additional information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Expertise.
Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Progent offers small and mid-size organizations expert support for products from other important firewall and VPN vendors including:
Unannounced Penetration Testing Services
Stealth penetration checking is a vital method for helping companies to determine how exposed their IT environments are to potential threats by testing how effectively network security procedures and mechanisms stand up to authorized but unannounced intrusion attempts instigated by seasoned security specialists utilizing the latest intrusion techniques. Find out additional information about Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Support Services
CISM defines the basic skills and worldwide standards of service that computer security managers are required to master. CISM provides business management the confidence that those who have been awarded their accreditation have the background and knowledge to offer efficient security administration and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM support professional to assist your enterprise in vital security areas such as information protection governance, risk assessment, information protection program management, and incident response support.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have earned CISSP status through verified professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered under CISSP include security management procedures, security design and test systems, access permission methodology, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Consulting Support for Protected IT Architecture
Progent's ISSAP qualified security consultants are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP status as a result of rigorous examination and extensive experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive knowledge of access management mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can help your business with all phases of secure network architecture.
CISA Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a recognized qualification that indicates expertise in IS security auditing. Certified by ANSI, the CISA credential has consultants pass an extensive examination administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit professional trained to assist companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT administration, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting information assets, and business continuity planning.
GIAC Support Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited professional has the skills appropriate to deliver support in critical areas of system, data, and software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including and the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the assistance of GIAC certified consultants for any of the security disciplines addressed within GIAC accreditation programs including auditing security systems, incident handling, traffic analysis, and web application security.
Depend on Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your organization is located in Seattle or anywhere in the state of Washington and you're looking for security consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or email Progent at security-help@progent.com.
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Progent is a leading innovator in cost-effectively delivering world-class network support to small companies. Progent's achievement in handling the network service needs of the historically underserviced small company sector is the cumulative result of major technical and operational innovations that have eliminated much of the traditional costs out of administering IT support, injected unprecedented professional expertise into the IT service system, and significantly streamlined the solution cycle.
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can show you how to define and deploy a smooth in-place Exchange Server 2003 upgrade plan that minimizes network disruption, simplifies ongoing support requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 easy to manage. For complex multi-server or multi-location migrations, Progent has the background to finish your move rapidly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange 2003 help, troubleshooting, and consulting offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor add-ons to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 that are best aligned to your business goals.
Progent is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has earned special competencies such as Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Information Worker Solutions. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are the most successful Microsoft Business Partners who earn the top customer endorsement and enjoy the closest operational relationship with Microsoft. The knowledge, capabilities, and dedication needed to earn the status of Microsoft Gold Partner pays dividends to Progent's clients by allowing Progent to provide your business better support for your information system.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server consulting experts have broad backgrounds developing corporate security solutions for IT networks with multiple sites, mobile users, and line-of-business web-based applications. A Progent ISA 2004 Firewall engineer can help your small or mid-size business plan and deploy a configuration of Microsoft ISA Server 2004 that supports your IT protection requirements without limiting your network.
Progent’s colocation center support services are designed for companies with equipment housed at IDCs or data center colocation hosting facilities and requiring on-demand in-person assistance at the collocation facility plus remote support from Microsoft and Cisco certified professionals. Progent provides a complete range of data center and data center and colocation consulting services such as network architecture analysis, Windows and Linux server integration and support, tech support for server and communications networking, design and deployment of fault tolerant systems, architecting and implementing layered security structures, firewall integration and troubleshooting, designing load balancing environments, and creating fault tolerant server and storage clustering systems.
Progent's Microsoft certified professionals can provide expert consulting for corporate-wide implementations of Microsoft Exchange 2007. Progent's consultants can help you prepare for multi-site Exchange Server 2007 installations or upgrades and can supply onsite technicians to help enterprises with installations of Exchange Server in the San Francisco Bay Area or any region served by Progent's engineers.
If your company network combines Linux platforms with Windows, Progent can show you how to incorporate your servers into a unified network that permits all your operating systems to run side by side for easy administration, seamless dataflow, high reliability, enhanced throughput, and tight security. Progent's UNIX/Linux and Windows coexistence support services include network architecture configuration and support, support for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), remote server monitoring and management, online network help and repair, on-site technical support, and help desk call center support.
Microsoft Windows Active Directory demands extensive practical experience to configure efficiently across a large corporation. Progent’s Microsoft qualified engineers are skilled in planning, integrating, and troubleshooting sophisticated Microsoft Enterprise AD installations. Progent’s areas of proven competence with Microsoft Windows 2003 AD include replication issues, multi-domain partition design, repair of corrupted AD objects, dealing with legacy beta software configuration objects in production AD systems, and repair of unsuccessful installations of Active Directory and AD-associated applications.
