Remote Security Support Services and Compliance Audting for Virginia Beach Small Business Network Systems
For urgent help with network security issues, small companies in Virginia Beach, VA, have access to expert troubleshooting remotely from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is ready on a 24x7 basis to provide effective and low-cost help with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's security engineers are qualified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple Mac, Solaris, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's wide array of consulting services encompasses firewall configuration, email security, protected network design, and data restoration. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's top security certifications including CISM and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).
Progent offers online security expertise on a per-minute basis without minimum times and no additional charges for setup or after hours support. By billing per minute and by delivering top level support, Progent's billing policy keeps costs under control and avoids scenarios where quick fixes turn into major bills.
Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
In case your network is now experiencing a security crisis, visit Progent's Emergency Remote Network Help to find out how to receive immediate assistance.
For businesses who have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the formal incident response procedure outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's recommended method of handling a major security attack.
Overview of Progent's Security Services
Coordinating network protection and staying ready for recovering vital information and functions after an attack demands an on-going effort that entails a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's certified experts can support your organization at all levels in your efforts to secure your information network, from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Some technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Borne Threats.
Planning and Implementing Protected Environments
Every organization should have a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that works to minimize security holes. The reactive plan specifies procedures to assist IT personnel to inventory the damage resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and revive business functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your business operations. Progent can install auditing software, create and execute a safe IT architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will maximize the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy safe online and mobile access to e-mail and information, and install an efficient virtual private network.
If your company is looking for an affordable option for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Packages include continual remote system tracking and immediate resolution of emergencies.
System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in recovering networks and servers that have been compromised, are in question, or have failed as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can help evaluate the damage resulting from the attack, restore ordinary business operations, and recover information lost as a result of the attack. Progent's security engineers can also manage a comprehensive failure analysis by examining activity logs and utilizing a variety of advanced assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your downtime and allows Progent to suggest effective measures to prevent or mitigate future attacks.
Fault Tolerant Backup and Recovery Solutions Centered on Data Protection Manager
Data Protection Manager is a powerful data backup and restore solution utilizing disk-to-disk systems to improve network uptime, speed, and ease of administration. Progent's certified Microsoft Data Protection Manager consultants can assist you to develop a practical disaster recovery plan, implement a cost-effective non-stop IT infrastructure, install a Microsoft Data Protection Manager-based backup and restore solution, comprehensively validate your system, train your IT staff or local consultants how to maintain DPM, or provide complete information technology outsourcing such as off-site housing of Microsoft Data Protection Manager machines in Progent's data center facility. To find out more, see Microsoft DPM Consulting and Support Services.
Outsourced Spam Filtering
Progent has teamed with Postini to offer small businesses E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that intercepts spam and e-mail viruses before they can breach your corporate firewall. Find out additional details concerning E-Mail Guard Outsourced Spam Blocking.
Special Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's veteran engineers offer world-class support in key facets of network security such as:
Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with security evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a variety of comprehensive network tests to identify possible security holes. Progent has extensive skills with scanning utilities and can assist you to analyze audit results and respond appropriately. Progent's security consultants also offer web software testing and can conduct thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major worldwide security specifications including FISMA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless appliances plus portable devices. Learn the details concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.
Configuring Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server provides rules-based security, enhanced throughput, and simple administration of complex networks by providing both a firewall and a Web acceleration server coordinated with Microsoft's MS Windows 2003 Server platform. The firewall delivers comprehensive data filtering, control of connectivity policy, and traffic routing. The cache enhances system throughput by storing frequently accessed Web data.
Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Expertise
Progent can provide a Cisco CCIE engineer or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to assist you to choose, deploy, and support Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls. Learn additional information about Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall Support.
Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth technical support for Cisco's entire family of security and Virtual Private Network solutions such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, and Catalyst family switches. Read more information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Help.
Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
In addition to being expert in a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide small businesses expert engineering services for products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors such as:
Stealth Penetration Testing Services
Unannounced penetration testing is a key technique for allowing companies to understand how exposed their information systems are to real-world threats by revealing how effectively network protection processes and technologies hold up against planned but unpublicized intrusion attempts instigated by seasoned security engineers using advanced intrusion techniques. Read additional details about Progent's Penetration Testing Services.
Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services
Certified Information Security Manager defines the basic competencies and international benchmarks of service that information security managers are required to achieve. CISM offers executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their certification have the background and knowledge to provide effective security administration and consulting services. Progent can offer a CISM consultant to assist your organization in key security areas such as data security governance, vulnerability management, data protection process control, and incident handling management.
CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security specialists who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included under CISSP include security administration practices, security design and models, access permission systems, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.
Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals Engineering Services for Protected Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP qualified security experts are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP status following thorough testing and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.
Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is an important qualification that indicates mastery in network security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential has consultants pass a comprehensive examination given by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-qualified security audit consultant trained to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit services, IT governance, systems and architecture planned useful life, IT service delivery, safeguarding information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.
GIAC Consulting Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of network security professionals. GIAC's mission is to ensure that an accredited security consultant has the skills needed to deliver services in critical categories of network, data, and application security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and government organizations all over the world including and the U.S. NSA. Progent offers the expertise of GIAC certified consultants for all of the network security disciplines addressed under GIAC accreditation topics including assessing networks, incident handling, intrusion detection, and web-based application security.
Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your business is located in Virginia Beach or anywhere in Virginia and you're trying to find computer security consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or email Progent at security-help@progent.com.
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts have 18 years of experience providing e-mail, electronic messaging and email/telephony integration solutions for Bay Area companies. Progent offers economical Microsoft Exchange Server support services to enhance email security and virus defense, achieve fault tolerant email, and implement remote and mobile email connectivity. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange help and support services can aid you in planning and implementing a Microsoft Exchange upgrade or a migration from a legacy SMPT server or outdated Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2000. Progent also provides Windows XP and Vista client-side Microsoft Mail help for Exchange and Outlook and can help you configure Outlook 2003, Outlook 2000, Microsoft Outlook XP, and Outlook Web Access. For email virus protection and spam filtering, Progent offers expertise with Postini managed services and Trend Micro software. Progent is also an authorized Postini Managed Service Provider (Postini MSP). As a Postini aggregator, Progent is able to help small companies take advantage of Postini’s advanced spam filter technology.
Cisco's latest network products and tools support a new model of data center architecture that permits continual improvements in server, storage, network framework, and application technologies in a maintainable and cost-effective manner. Progent can assist you to select and deploy Cisco's network technology to create a solid foundation for your data center and to streamline your data center operations in vital areas including Server and storage efficiency, end-to-end security enforcement, server consolidation, regulatory issues, and business continuance.
The integration requirements of the Microsoft .NET functions included with Small Business Server 2003 requires a network expert with hands-on background and extensive knowledge in designing and building effective end-to-end information technology systems. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have extensive backgrounds with the technologies incorporated in SBS 2003 and Microsoft SBS 2000. This experience ensures you success in deploying, managing, and servicing network environments powered by the Microsoft SBS suite of servers and programs.
Years of background delivering Microsoft expertise and Cisco technology consulting has allowed Progent to develop an unmatched ability for supporting branch offices that need network help with the flexibility common to with small firms but which includes professional communications, complete documentation, and adherence to corporate IT standards. If your enterprise maintains a branch office situated anywhere in California or any region covered by Progent's engineers, Progent can provide a wide array of in-person and on-line network consulting services and system design assistance.
Progent is a leading innovator in affordably delivering world-class IT help to small businesses. Progent's success in addressing the IT service requirements of the historically underserved small business market is the combined outcome of major technical and operational breakthroughs that have eliminated much of the conventional expenses out of managing network support, injected unmatched technical expertise into the IT service mechanism, and significantly accelerated the repair process.
Stealth intrusion testing is an important component of any comprehensive network security plan. Progent’s security professionals can perform thorough intrusion tests without the knowledge of your organization's internal IT staff. Unannounced penetration testing shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event log analysis are correctly set up and consistently observed.
E-Mail Guard is Progent's economical anti-spam and anti-virus solution that gives small companies enterprise-quality defense from spam, viruses, DHA attacks, and other types of email-borne assaults on IT networks. E-Mail Guard is powered by Postini's perimeter management technology, a full library of web-based antispam and virus protection services that defuse email assaults before they can penetrate the network firewall. Perimeter Manager also allows administrators monitor and control their e-mail application, regardless of server vendor, hardware technology, or geographic location.
With Catalyst switches for small and mid-size businesses, Cisco enables organizations to realize the full advantages of adding smart traffic control to their networks. Cisco's switch product line makes it possible to enable features to make your network infrastructure sufficiently available to handle real-time needs, scalable to support future growth, safe enough to guard confidential data, and designed for prioritizing and managing traffic flows to optimize network operations. Progent's CCIE and CCNP certified engineers can help you pick out and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches appropriate for your company. In addition, Progent's CISM and CISSP certified security consultants can show you how to develop a comprehensive security policy and configure Cisco Catalyst switches so they powerfully support your security strategy. Cisco Catalyst switches that Progent provides expertise for include the Cisco Catalyst 2950 switches, Catalyst 3560 switches, Cisco Catalyst 4948 switches, and Catalyst 6500 Series Switches.
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can show you how to design and deploy an efficient in-place Exchange Server 2003 upgrade plan that minimizes productivity downtime, simplifies ongoing service demands, and makes your Exchange 2003 Server easy to manage. For complex multi-server or multi-site migrations, Progent offers the background to complete your move quickly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange 2003 support, repair, and consulting services include expertise with the integration of outside vendor enhancements of Exchange Server 2003 that are best aligned to your business needs.
Progent's certified ISA Server consulting experts have extensive backgrounds developing corporate security solutions for information systems with many sites, remote users, and line-of-business eCommerce applications. A Progent ISA Server engineer is ready to help your small company design and implement a configuration of Microsoft ISA Server 2004 that meets your IT security needs without restricting your network.
Progent’s Microsoft certified experts offer a variety of support services for Great Plains. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft accounting platform and corporate management solution based, like all Microsoft financial solutions, on the expandable and familiar foundation of Microsoft Windows technology. Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, the most recent edition of Microsoft financial products in the Great Plains Accounting line, offers an affordable tool for managing and combining finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, on-site support, customer relationships, and HR. Great Plains is easy to install and configure, and with its segmented approach you can license only the capability you currently need, with the option to add clients and enlarge functionality in the future. Progent’s Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Software support experts can help you deploy, configure and administer Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 10.0 as well as earlier editions of Great Plains including Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 9.0 and Microsoft Great Plains 8.0.
If you are producing Linux-based software in an environment that has Microsoft Windows-based servers, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent offers full-service IT outsourcing that allows you to concentrate on your area of strategic expertise while avoiding the constant distraction of managing your business network. By using automated server monitoring and by providing remote and on-site assistance as your company needs it, Progent represents an economical alternative for maintaining an information network that provides high availability, protection, and performance. Progent's Linux developer assistance offerings feature comprehensive it outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, remote and in-personservice and troubleshooting, 24x7 monitoring services, and help desk call center outsourcing.
Microsoft Expert Exchange 2003 Network Consultants IT Services
Progent's expert consultants can show you how to design and implement a smooth in-place Microsoft Exchange 2003 migration plan that avoids productivity disruption, simplifies long-term service requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 easy to manage. For complicated multiple server or multi-location migrations, Progent offers the experience to finish your project quickly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 support, repair, and design services include expertise with the configuration of third-party add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server that are in keeping with your business goals.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Systems Management Server consulting professionals have extensive background helping small and mid-size businesses save time and money by deploying Microsoft SMS 2003 to manage configuration and change processes. Progent can show you how to use Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 to minimize change and configuration management costs, enhance system security, improve output by keeping software up-to-date, enforce compliance with software licenses, and track software usage patterns to help you arrive at informed buying decisions. Progent can help you benefit from SMS 2003's cost-saving features for automated software installation and application deployment, security patch management, asset management, and software and hardware inventory. Progent's expertise with offsite consulting can further leverage the financial benefits of Microsoft SMS 2003 and Progent's CISSP-certified consultants and CISM-certified security professionals can help you create a complete security strategy that incorporates the powerful security features of SMS 2003. Progent also provides high-end support for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), which is a vital component of Microsoft's System Center 2005 platform for automated network management.
