To get urgent help with computer security issues, small businesses in St. Louis, MO, have access to world-class troubleshooting online from Progent's security professionals. Progent's online service staff is ready round the clock to provide effective and low-cost assistance with security emergencies that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited security engineers are qualified to support systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's wide array of services covers firewall technology, email security, secure system architecture, and data restoration. Progent's support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security certifications including CISM and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).
Progent provides remote security expertise on a per-minute basis with no minimum call duration and no extra charges for setup or after hours service. By billing per minute and by delivering top level help, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs low and eliminates situations where quick fixes entail major expenses.
We've Been Hacked: What Do We Do Now?
In case your network is currently fighting a network security crisis, go to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Support to learn how to get immediate help.
For companies who have prepared in advance for an attack, the formal post-attack handling procedure promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of handling a serious security penetration.
Introduction to Progent's Security Expertise
Coordinating computer protection plus preparation for recovering critical data and systems after a security breach demands an on-going program involving a variety of tools and processes. Progent's security engineers can support your organization at whatever level in your efforts to guard your information system, ranging from security assessments to creating a complete security program. Key areas supported by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Based Attacks.
Designing and Building Secure Environments
Any company ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security strategy that includes both preventive and responsive elements. The proactive plan is a set of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive plan defines activities to help IT staff to assess the losses resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive network activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your company processes. Progent can configure scanning software, define and build a secure IT infrastructure, and propose processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy safe remote connectivity to email and data, and configure an efficient VPN.
If your company is looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services include automated remote system tracking and immediate resolution of problems.
Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent has expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have failed as a result of a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses caused by the breach, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the breach. Progent's security specialists can also manage a thorough failure analysis by examining event logs and using a variety of advanced assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to propose efficient measures to prevent or mitigate future attacks.
Data Backup and Restore Strategies Built on System Center Data Protection Manager
Microsoft Data Protection Manager is a revolutionary data backup and recovery technology utilizing high-speed disk subsystems to improve network uptime, performance, and manageability. Progent's certified Data Protection Manager support professionals can help you to create an effective business continuity plan, implement a cost-effective high-availability IT architecture, configure a DPM-powered backup and restore system, thoroughly test your DPM system, educate your administrative staff or local consultants how to maintain Microsoft DPM, or handle complete IT outsourcing services including off-site hosting of Data Protection Manager servers in Progent's data center facility. To learn more, see Microsoft Data Protection Manager Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam and Virus Filtering
Progent has partnered with Postini to offer small businesses E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that intercepts spam and e-mail threats before they can penetrate your corporate firewall. Learn the details concerning E-Mail Guard Managed Spam and Virus Filtering.
Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's security engineers can provide world-class expertise in vital areas of IT security including:
Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with security evaluation utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for performing a set of automatic system scans to reveal potential security gaps. Progent has broad experience with these tools and can assist you to analyze audit reports and react efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web application validation and can perform thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your company's compliance with important worldwide security standards such as HIPPA, NIST, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless appliances plus mobile devices. Read more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.
Setting up Microsoft ISA Server MS ISA Server offers rules-based protection, enhanced throughput, and simple management of internetworking by providing both an advanced firewall and a Web cache server integrated with Microsoft's Microsoft Windows Server operating system. The ISA Server firewall delivers comprehensive data filtering, control of connectivity rights, and traffic direction. The Web cache enhances system throughput by remembering repeatedly requested Web data.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Expertise
Progent can offer the services of a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to assist you to choose, configure, and support Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls. Get the details about Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall Help.
Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver world-class technical expertise for Cisco's entire range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, and Catalyst family switches. Find out additional details about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Consulting.
Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
As well as being expert in a broad range of protection solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide small and mid-size businesses expert engineering services for technologies from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers such as:
Stealth Penetration Checking Consulting
Unannounced penetration testing is a valuable technique for helping organizations to understand how exposed their IT systems are to serious attacks by showing how thoroughly corporate security procedures and mechanisms hold up to authorized but unannounced intrusion attempts instigated by veteran security specialists utilizing the latest intrusion methods. Learn additional information about Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
CISM Security Consulting Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) defines the basic skills and worldwide standards of service that IT security professionals are required to achieve. It provides business management the assurance that those who have earned their certification have the background and knowledge to offer effective security management and consulting support. Progent can offer a CISM consultant to assist your enterprise in key security disciplines including information protection governance, vulnerability assessment, data security process control, and crisis handling support.
CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are security engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included under CISSP include security management procedures, security architecture and models, connection permission systems, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Engineering Support for Secure IT Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP qualified security experts are experts who have earned ISSAP certification as a result of rigorous examination and significant hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth understanding of access management mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security specialists can help your company with all phases of architecture security.
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Services
The CISA credential is an important qualification that signifies expertise in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has consultants pass a comprehensive test given by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-qualified security audit professional trained to assist businesses in the fields of information systems audit services, IT governance, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting data resources, and business continuity planning.
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC's goal is to assure that a certified professional has the knowledge necessary to provide support in vital areas of system, information, and application software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions throughout the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent can provide the assistance of certified consultants for all of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification topics including assessing IT infrastructure, security incident handling, intrusion detection, and web-based application security.
Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Help
If your organization is located in St. Louis or anywhere in Missouri and you're looking for computer security consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or send email to security-help@progent.com.
Progent is seeking to hire staff-level, results-oriented Microsoft certified engineers with MCSE credentials; Cisco certified system consultants who have Cisco CCDP or CCIE credentials; security professionals with CISSP or CISA or comparable security certification; and high-end system design consultants with a background in mobile access, wireless networking, high availability, business continuity, data protection, and VMware. Progent also is hiring employees to join our staff of help desk support technicians and off-site support experts. Also, We are looking for talented managers able to perform productively in our high-growth, virtual office culture.
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can help you define and implement an efficient in-place Microsoft Exchange 2007 migration plan that avoids productivity disruption, simplifies ongoing support requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 easy to manage. For complicated multi-server or multi-site upgrades, Progent offers the experience to complete your move quickly and affordably. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support, repair, and design offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor enhancements of Exchange Server 2007 that are best aligned to your business needs.
Progent's certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 experts can assist you to design, install, and manage an implementation of Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 on your network that delivers the firewall protection, performance and ease-of-use that your business needs.
Broadwing Communications is the first telecom company to deploy a fully optically switched network offering low latency and high performance. Broadwing offers a wide variety of data transports such as Broadwing Full T1, Point-to-Point T1, T3, DSL, Frame Relay over DSL, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Broadwing also offers Voice over IP solutions as well as switched voice services. Progent has an agent relationship with Broadwing and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner equipped with the expertise to help you integrate Broadwing carrier services to create an enterprise-class, integrated communications solution on a down-to-earth budget.
Progent offers a variety of data communications packages from leading service providers including AT&T, Broadwing, and New Edge Networks. Data communications services available through Progent include Dial-up, DSL, Frame Relay, T1, ATM, DS3, plus fixed and moving wireless. Progent can help you with all facets of creating and integrating a cost-effective data communications system that maximizes the business value of your IT network. Progent can also offer consulting services ranging from network troubleshooting to full IT outsourcing to ensure that your data communications architecture can succeed.
Progent's certified Systems Management Server consulting professionals have extensive background helping small and mid-size businesses save time and cut costs by using Microsoft SMS 2003 to manage configuration and change tasks. Progent can show you how to install Systems Management Server to reduce change and configuration management costs, improve system security, improve productivity by keeping applications current, ensure compliance with product licenses, and track program usage profiles to help you arrive at smart buying decisions. Progent can help you profit from SMS 2003's money-saving features for automated software deployment and application deployment, security patch management, asset management, and software and hardware inventory control. Progent's expertise with offsite consulting can further amplify the financial advantages of Microsoft SMS 2003 and Progent's CISSP-certified engineers and CISM-certified security experts can help you develop a comprehensive security plan that incorporates the cutting-edge security features of SMS 2003. Progent also offers world-class support for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), which is a key part of Microsoft's System Center 2005 solution for automated network management.
Progent is among the most expert information technology consulting firms in Northern California for creating email and messaging solutions based on Exchange 2000. Progent is skilled in helping small companies get the full advantages of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 under typical situations including updating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5, moving from an ISP-based or POP3 e-mail environment, and using managed services for your Microsoft Exchange 2000 administration.
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can show you how to define and implement an efficient in-place Exchange Server 2007 migration strategy that avoids network disruption, reduces ongoing support demands, and makes your Exchange Server 2007 easy to manage. For complex multi-server or multi-site migrations, Progent offers the background to finish your move quickly and economically. Progent's Exchange 2007 support, troubleshooting, and design offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor add-ons to Exchange Server 2007 and the creation of unified messaging implementations powered by Exchange 2007 Server.
Even if your business has a small computer services group and a limited IT budget, your information network can still feature the same high availability and performance that once required a substantial in-house service organization. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the expertise of skilled Microsoft-qualified and Cisco-qualified network consultants, the most recent system management products for 24x7 monitoring and alerts, and economical service programs such as a help desk call center to keep your vital business applications and servers up and running. Progent's 24x7 Network Management Services include round-the-clock system monitoring, server monitoring, and application monitoring to cut service costs, fix trouble spots quickly, and prepare for issues before they impact system performance. Progent is expert at installing System Center 2005, part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative powered by Microsoft Operations Manager (Microsoft MOM) to deliver comprehensive event management. Progent can help with Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to offer small business networks enterprise-class availability, protection and capacity.
Progent's Linux support services provide small companies and developers support for administering and maintaining Linux systems that run with Microsoft-based technology. Progent can give your organization contact with Linux experts, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISSP certification. This broad array of experience provides you with a convenient single consulting firm to help you create and maintain a protected and robust cross-platform network and communications solution that supports Linux and Microsoft interoperability by combining MS Windows with leading Linux variations including RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, Mandriva Linux, Debian-GNU, and Slackware Linux.
Progent can provide convenient, quick, and economical access to CCIE Certified engineers. Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts are recognized network gurus who are awarded this prestigious classification only as a result of thorough testing by Cisco Systems. CCIEs are able to resolve the most complicated problems associated with network architecture, integration, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Progent’s CCIE professionals work closely with Cisco engineers in analyzing problems with Cisco's IOS software and developing fixes or acquiring patches to resolves problems. Progent can provide quick contact with a CCIE by telephone so you are able to receive instant help for tough network troubles that are impacting business productivity but are beyond the scope of your local IT support resources. Progent's CCIE support experts can link to your network using state-of-the-art off-site connectivity tools in order to deliver timely and cost-effective diagnosis and repair of critical network difficulties.
If your business runs a Solaris network or a mixed-platform IT environment, Progent's CISM, CISSP and ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your entire enterprise in a wide range of security areas such as security management procedures, security architecture and models, connection control products and methodology, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, communications, infrastructure and Internet security, and business continuity preparedness. CISM and CISSP define the core competencies and international standards of performance that information security professionals are expected to possess. These certification offer executive management the assurance that consultants who have earned their CISM, CISSP or ISSAP certification have demonstrated the experience and theory to offer world-class security management and consulting services.
For custom application creation, Progent can provide programming consultants to produce business software in areas such as commercial transaction webs, web site design, Microsoft Business Solutions packages including Microsoft Dynamics GP, and custom management reports based on Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent’s consultants can use Internet Information Services to build custom eCommerce solutions based on Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent can provide expertise in a wide range of custom program development environments including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce programming, Progent also can provide specialists in custom Access, custom Microsoft Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development powered by any Microsoft development platform.
Progent's expertise delivering Microsoft .NET services and Microsoft SQL Server help, and Progent's application development experience with Microsoft VBasic, XML, and other developer platforms make it possible to create specialized line-of-business applications and eCommerce environments that operate seamlessly with Microsoft Great Plains Software. Progent's Microsoft Dynamics GP reporting consultants can help you design reports that allow you to analyze your business more thoroughly, turning uncooked data into valuable understanding of your business.
