California Computer Security and Business Continuity For Small Company IT Systems: Security Expertise and Support
Business computer networks in the state of California can have quick online technical support from Progent's qualified security professionals to resolve the toughest security problems. Rates are affordable, billing is by the minute, sign-up is fast, and service is unbeatable. Progent also offers help for long-term projects that demand the expertise of seasoned security engineers with high-level industry certifications.
If your California small business is based some distance from more populated urban neighborhoods such as Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno, or Sacramento, contact with qualified network security consultants may be limited when you have a crisis. This could mean a drop in revenue for your business, angry customers, idle workers, and distracted executives. By contacting Progent's online services, you have access to a certified security professional ready to deliver expertise when you have to have it to get your network on line and salvage your information.
Progent can assist you in a variety of ways in your efforts to protect your information system with support ranging from network security assessments to creating a comprehensive security plan. Progent offers economical support to assist small businesses to set up and manage safe networks powered by Microsoft Windows and Cisco Systems technology and that can include computers based on UNIX or Linux platforms.
Progent can also show you how to outsource spam blocking and defense against e-mail-based security threats. Progent has partnered with Postini to provide small companies E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that stops spam and email-borne viruses and worms before they can break through your corporate firewall. Learn more about E-Mail Guard Spam Filtering and Virus and Worm Protection.
Progent's certified professionals are available online or in person to offer a range of urgent or project-based computer security services including:
Run comprehensive network security evaluations
Recuperate quickly after virus and worm attacks
Install hardware and software firewalls
Configure secure techniques for offsite and mobile connectivity
Deploy automated solutions for protection against spam and directory harvest attacks
Progent's consultants can deliver advanced services in vital fields of network security including security evaluation, firewall and VPN solutions, and high-level security planning.
System Evaluation
Progent's expert security engineers can evaluate the strength of your existing network protection implementation by performing exhaustive remote automated analysis based on advanced utilities and proven techniques. Progent's experience in this service saves you consulting fees and offers an accurate portrayal of gaps. The information your IT organization is provided can form the foundation of a network protection strategy that can allow your network to operate safely and adapt quickly to future threats.
Automated Vulnerability Assessment
Progent offers expertise in the use of security evaluation products including Microsoft's MBSA and GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner for economically running a variety of automatic network testing checks to uncover potential security gaps. Progent has broad experience with other security analysis utilities such as NMAP, AMAP application mapper, eEye, plus tools like SolarWinds, Hydra, and Nikto. Progent can help you to make sense of audit reports and respond appropriately.
Progent can help you build protection into your company processes, configure scanning applications, plan and deploy a secure system architecture, and suggest policies to maximize the safety of your IT system. Progent's security engineers are ready to show you how to configure a firewall, implement safe remote access to email and data, and install virtual private network. Learn more about Progent's automated security audits.
Network Penetration Analysis Consulting
Stealth penetration testing is a key part of any comprehensive IT system security strategy. Progent’s security professionals can perform thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event log monitoring are properly configured and actively monitored. Find out more about Progent's stealth security penetration analysis support services.
Firewall/VPN Solutions
Progent's background in network security technology encompasses extensive field work with leading firewalls and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology from a variety of companies including Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Juniper. Progent can provide the services of engineers with key networking accreditations such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
Engineering Expertise for MS ISA Server 2006 MS Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server is a multi-functional edge gateway that provides a powerful application layer firewall, virtual private network, proxy, and Web caching solution for securing the Internet-facing applications of any organization against a wide range of attacks. Progent's Microsoft ISA Server experts can show you how to design, cost-justify, test, install, configure, and support the Standard or Enterprise version of ISA Server on your network.
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Engineering Expertise
Progent’s experienced Cisco IT security consulting professionals provide expert PIX and ASA Firewall consulting services including architecture, integration, and management of Cisco firewall and security technology. The PIX and ASA Series of Cisco firewalls delivers strong user and software policy enforcement, sophisticated attack protection, and secure access services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop appliances for small and home businesses to scalable gigabit products, Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewalls offer advanced protection, performance, and high availability for network environments of any size. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a proven, purpose-built operating system,eliminating possible OS-specific security gaps. Read additional details about Progent's Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Consulting Expertise.
Cisco Security and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
Cisco's security and offsite connection products for small businesses provide a complete line of manageable security solutions to help protect your wired and wireless network infrastructure. Cisco's Virtual Private Network product family features routers, firewalls, intrusion detection devices and VPN concentrators. Progent's expert staff of consultants includes experienced specialists with Cisco's Certified Internetwork Expert and CCNP qualifications who are able to assist your organization to evaluate Cisco VPN, Cisco RADIUS Security, and other Cisco security solutions that align best with your business goals. Read additional information about Progent's Support Services for Cisco Security Solutions and Virtual Private Network Appliances.
Consulting Services for Additional Firewall and VPN Technology
Progent offers small and medium size companies professional consulting for Intrusion Protection Systems and IPSec VPN products from leading firewall and VPN security vendors including WatchGuard, Juniper Networks, and Symantec. Progent can show you how to create a detailed security plan and select appropriate products from multiple vendors to support your security objectives while staying within your spending restraints.
Certified Network Security Consulting
Every company ought to have a thoroughly considered security strategy that incorporates both pre-attack processes and reaction plans. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps intended to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack plan assists your network security engineers to evaluate the impact resulting from an attack, fix the damage, document the event, and get business functions restored as rapidly as possible.
Progent's expert IS security consultants are available to assist you to run a full vulnerability evaluation and define a network security strategy to implement security processes and mechanisms to minimize future attacks and dangers.
CISM Accredited Information Security Engineering Expertise
The Certified Information Security Manager organization describes the basic capabilities and international standards of skill that information security managers are expected to learn. CISM provides executive management the assurance that consultants who have earned their CISM credential possess the background and knowledge to deliver effective security administration and support services. Progent can provide the expertise of CISM qualified security professionals to assist companies with:
CISSP Certified Security Engineering Support
CISSP certification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for data security. The American National Standards Institute has granted certification accreditation in the area of information protection defined by ISO 17024. Progent can provide access to of security consultants who have earned CISSP certification. Progent can provide a CISSP-certified consultant to help your enterprise in a broad range of security areas including:
ISSAP Certified Secure System Architecture Consulting Support
Progent's ISSAP qualified IT architecture professionals are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP status as a result of thorough testing and significant work with network security design. The ISSAP credential represents proven competence in the more challenging demands of information system security architecture within the broader field of information system security expertise needed for CISSP certification. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can assist your business with all aspects of architecture security such as.
Access Control Systems and Methodologies
Phone System and Network Infrastructure Protection
CISA Accredited Security Auditing Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is an important achievement that indicates expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has consultants undergo a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent's CISA-certified security audit engineers are available to assist your business with:
Information Systems Audit Process
Information Technology Enforcement
Network Assets and Architecture Lifecycle Planning
Information Technology Service Delivery
Protecting Data Resources
Disaster Recovery Preparedness
GIAC Certified Security Engineering Assistance
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security professionals. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to provide support in key categories of system, information, and software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations around the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent's GIAC-certified IS security audit specialists are available to help your business in the areas of:
Contact a Certified Security Engineer Immediately
To see how to contact a Progent security engineer for emergency online professional support or complex security projects in California, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Urgent Remote Network Help.
Progent's expert consultants can show you how to define and implement an efficient in-place Microsoft Exchange 2003 migration plan that avoids network downtime, reduces long-term support demands, and makes your Exchange Server 2003 easy to manage. For complicated multi-server or multi-site migrations, Progent has the experience to finish your project quickly and economically. Progent's Exchange 2003 help, repair, and design offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor enhancements of Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server that are in keeping with your business needs.
For custom program creation, Progent can supply software design experts to write line-of-business applications in areas such as eCommerce, web development, Microsoft Business Solutions products including Great Plains Software accounting system, and specialized management reports based on Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, or FRx Reports. Progent’s consultants can use Internet Information Services to create custom eCommerce solutions based on Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent can provide experts in a wide array of custom software development platforms including SQL Server and Delphi. For made-to-order e-Commerce software, Progent also offers specialists in custom Microsoft Access, custom Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development powered by any Microsoft development platform.
E-Mail Guard from Postini provides continually updated spam and virus blocking, data filtering, and protection from e-mail-borne directory harvesting and DSA attacks. Progent is a Postini aggregator and service specialist. If your organization is too small to purchase for a regular Postini license, you can still get the use of Postini’s Perimeter Management services via Progent’s E-Mail Guard spam filtering and anti-virus aggregation program. Progent’s expert email protection professionals can help you create an email safety plan that features spam filtering and antivirus services and processes.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified experts can provide small and medium sized businesses computer consulting, support, and repair services for Microsoft SPS 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an advanced portal solution for efficiently connecting people, teams and information. SharePoint Portal Server offers a common location for your workers or clients to access, organize, share and interact with useful data, files, and software and to communicate with other people. It enables faster and better decisions, more efficient sharing across teams and more economical business processes. The primary goal of SharePoint Server is to gather together, in a productive way, all of the diverse sources of knowledge available inside and outside an organization. Windows SharePoint Services join employees, clients, teams and major tasks with the information they’ve developed in a way that makes data convenient to locate, retrieve and re-use.
Progent provided a wireless integration environment that allowed a school to improve productivity and eliminate the ongoing costs of a dedicated link. Progent proposed a Proxim Tsunami wireless 60Mbps bridge. The low-cost building-to-building Proxim wireless bridge is designed for interfacing separate locations up to 2.5 miles apart and can extend to even longer distances. This wireless solution provided improved performance and dependability than recourse to amplifying the 802.11b network, and since it utilizes the 5.8Ghz spectrum it provided immunity to outside interference.
Even if your company has a minimal computer services staff and a limited IT budget, your information network can still feature the same high reliability and performance that once needed a substantial internal service organization. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the experience of skilled Microsoft-qualified and Cisco-qualified IT professionals, the most recent system management products for 24x7 monitoring and alerts, and cost-effective service programs such as a help desk service to keep your mission-critical business applications and servers up and running. Progent's 24x7 Network Management Services include remote network monitoring, server monitoring, and application monitoring to cut service expenses, fix trouble spots quickly, and prepare for problems before they impact system performance. Progent is expert at deploying System Center 2005, part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative powered by Microsoft Operations Manager (Microsoft MOM) to perform comprehensive process management. Progent supports Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and MOM 2005 to offer small company systems enterprise-class reliability, security and performance.
VMware Server is a free virtualization package that runs on Linux and Windows 2000/2003 Servers. VMware Server allows IT departments to segment a single server into several virtual machines and to begin experiencing the benefits of virtualization with little cost. VMware Virtual Server is a reliable yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization techniques and is based on VMware’s time-tested technology. VMware Server is ideal for programmers, workgroups, and satellite offices who want to streamline application development, evaluate software in economical virtual environments, run outdated operating systems, and save time in server provisioning. Progent's experienced virtual server consultants can assist you with VMware Server, VMware ESX Server, and VMware VirtualCenter so your business can benefit from VMware server consolidation.
Support Outsourcing for Network Support Help Desk On-site Support
Progent provides several basic types of Help Desk services : Microsoft and Cisco Call Center Outsourcing Services, Virtual Help Desk Support, and Helpdesk Process Consulting and Staffing. Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Authorized Partner and Progent's Help Desk team of trained Microsoft and Cisco professionals gives your clients convenient access to a reliable technical group with extensive experience delivering phone support and online troubleshooting for IT systems powered by Microsoft products. Progent's concentration is on earning the support Call Center a respected image as a solid contributor to business productivity. Progent's goal is to resolve rather than simply report problems.
Progent's UNIX platform support services offer small businesses and developers help with managing and maintaining UNIX, Linux or Solaris environments that coexist with Microsoft-powered networks. Progent offers your organization access to UNIX experts, support professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISM certification. This wide range of expertise offers you a convenient one-stop consulting firm to help you build and maintain a protected and robust cross-platform network and communications infrastructure that supports UNIX and Microsoft coexistence by combining Windows with major variants of UNIX such as 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 is among the most qualified IT consulting firms in the San Francisco Bay Area for designing email systems powered by Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. Progent is skilled in helping small and mid-size companies get all the benefits of Exchange Server 2000 under common scenarios including updating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server, migration from an ISP-based or POP3 e-mail environment, and jobbing out your Microsoft Exchange 2000 support.
Progent’s wireless professionals can help small organizations design, select, test, install and support protected building-to-building wireless bridges that integrate seamlessly into your existing network while providing a degree of protection that equals or exceeds wireline connections. Progent provides expertise in wireless LAN products from Cisco Aironet, Proxim, and other small business wireless providers and can help you select and deploy the wireless link solutions that match your business needs.
Les Kent has a 25-year history of successful network integration, executive management, marketing, and operations. He has demonstrated a knack for creating sophisticated IT solutions during his time as as a network architect, programmer, project manager, implementation consultant, and troubleshooter for small companies, start-ups, and major enterprises.
Progent’s Microsoft-certified experts offer small and midsize companies computer consulting, support, and repair services for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an advanced portal platform for efficiently connecting people, groups and data. SharePoint Portal Server offers a central location for your workers or clients to access, manage, distribute and interact with useful data, documents, and applications and to communicate with one another. It allows quicker and more intelligent decisions, more effective sharing across groups and more streamlined business processes. The primary objective of SharePoint Server is to gather together, in a relevant way, all of the diverse sources of knowledge accessible inside and outside a business network. Windows SharePoint Services join workers, customers, workgroups and major tasks with the data they’ve developed in a manner that makes data convenient to locate, retrieve and apply.
Data Circuit for AT&T, Broadwing, Speakeasy, New Edge Networks, NextWeb Sales in Alameda County
Progent offers a selection of data transport packages from top carriers such as AT&T, Speakeasy, and New Edge Networks. Data transport technologies available through Progent include ISDN, DSL, Frame Relay, T1, ATM, Private Line, plus fixed and mobile wireless. Progent can help you with all aspects of designing and implementing a sensible data transport solution that maximizes the productivity of your computer network. Progent can also offer consulting and support services ranging from network troubleshooting to full IT outsourcing so that your data communications plans can succeed.
