Nebraska Computer Network Security and Business Continuity
For Small and Midsize Company IT Systems: Security Consulting and Support
Small business information networks in Nebraska now have instant online technical support from Progent's certified network security engineers to help with emergency security problems. Rates are competitive, billing is per minute, sign-up is fast, and service is unbeatable. Progent also offers assistance for complex projects that requires the expertise of senior security engineers with high-level security certifications.
If your Nebraska business is some distance from major urban neighborhoods like Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, or Grand Island, access to qualified security professionals is often problematic during an urgent situation. This can result in lost productivity for your company, upset customers, idle employees, and defocused management. By calling Progent's online services, you have access to a certified security professional who can deliver assistance when you require it to get your system running and restore your information.
Progent can help you in all your efforts to guard your information system with support that can range from network security assessments to creating a company-wide security strategy. Progent offers affordable service to assist small businesses to design and maintain protected networks based on Windows and Cisco products and that can include servers and desktops running UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Mac OS X operating systems.
Progent can also help you outsource spam filtering and defense against email-borne security threats. Progent works with Postini to provide small companies E-Mail Guard, a managed service that stops spam and e-mail-based security threats before they can penetrate your corporate firewall. Learn additional information concerning E-Mail Guard Spam Filtering and Virus Defense.
Progent's security consultants are accessible remotely or in person to offer a range of emergency or longer-term network security services which include:
Run extensive network security audits
Recuperate rapidly after attacks
Configure firewalls from multiple vendors
Implement safe methods for remote and mobile connectivity
Install effective solutions for defense against spam and directory harvest attacks
Progent's engineers offer world-class support in vital areas of system protection that include security evaluation, firewall/VPN support, and high-level security consulting.
Security Audits
Progent's expert security engineers can evaluate the vulnerability of your existing network protection environment by performing comprehensive remote automated testing based on sophisticated software tools and proven techniques. Progent's skill in administering this service saves you time and money and offers an accurate portrayal of system vulnerability. The information your IT organization is provided can be used as the foundation of a network protection plan that will permit your information system to run safely and evolve quickly to new threats.
Automated Vulnerability Assessment
Progent offers consulting in the application of security testing software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and GFI LANguard for economically performing a variety of programmed system auditing checks to identify possible security gaps. Progent has broad experience with additional security analysis products such as NMAP Port Scanner, AMAP application mapper, eEye, plus utilities such as Metasploit, Netcat, Socat, and Nikto. Progent can show you how to make sense of testing reports and react appropriately.
Progent can show you how to build protection into your company processes, configure auditing applications, plan and deploy a secure network architecture, and suggest procedures to optimize the safety of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you set up a firewall, implement secure remote connectivity to email and data, and install VPN. Find out more about Progent's automated security evaluation.
Stealth Intrusion Analysis Consulting
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any serious IT system security strategy. Progent’s security experts can run extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's internal network support staff. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether existing security defense systems such as intrusion incident alerts and event history analysis are properly configured and consistently monitored. Learn additional information on Progent's network security penetration analysis consulting.
Firewall/VPN Support
Progent's background in security technology encompasses in-depth familiarity with leading firewalls and VPN products from multiple companies such as Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Juniper. Progent offers the support of consultants who have earned important networking accreditations including Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).
Engineering Services for ISA Server 2006 MS Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 is a comprehensive edge gateway that offers a fully integrated application layer firewall, virtual private network, and web caching platform for protecting the Internet-facing networks of any organization against a wide range of attacks. Progent's certified ISA Server 2006 consultants can show you how to plan, rationalize, test, install, configure, and manage any version of ISA Server 2006 on your network.
Cisco Firewalls Consulting Services
Progent’s experienced Cisco network security consultants offer expert PIX and ASA Firewall consulting services including infrastructure design, configuration, and support of Cisco security solutions. The PIX and ASA Series of Cisco firewall products delivers robust user and application policy enforcement, sophisticated attack defense, and safe access services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop devices for small and home businesses to modular gigabit appliances, Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls provide advanced security, high throughput, and excellent availability for network environments of any size. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a hardened, purpose-built platform,minimizing common OS-specific security gaps. Find out additional details about Progent's Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Engineering Expertise.
Cisco Network Security and Virtual Private Network Support Services
Cisco's network security and remote connection products for small organizations provide a comprehensive range of manageable security products to help protect your local and remote network infrastructure. Cisco's VPN line features routers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN concentrators. Progent's professional consulting staff includes experienced engineers with Cisco's CCIE and Cisco Certified Network Professional certifications who can help your company to select Cisco VPN, Cisco RADIUS Security, and additional Cisco security technologies that fit best with your business objectives. Find out additional information about Progent's Consulting Expertise for Cisco Security Technology and VPN Appliances.
Support Services for Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Products
Progent offers small and medium size organizations professional consulting for Intrusion Protection Systems and IPSec VPN products from leading firewall and VPN security vendors including WatchGuard, Juniper, and SonicWALL. Progent can show you how to create a detailed security strategy and choose the right technologies from multiple suppliers to achieve your security goals while staying within your spending limits.
Expert Security Consulting
Every company should develop a thoroughly thought out security program that incorporates both proactive processes and reaction plans. The pre-attack strategy is a set of procedures intended to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack plan assists your network security engineers to evaluate the impact caused by a security penetration, fix the damage, document the event, and get the IT network operational as quickly as feasible.
Progent's certified information security consultants can to assist your company to run a full vulnerability evaluation and create a company-wide security strategy to implement security processes and controls to minimize ongoing attacks and dangers.
CISM Qualified Security Engineering Services
CISM committee defines the core capabilities and international standards of performance that information security professionals are required to learn. CISM provides executive management the assurance that consultants who have qualified for their CISM certification have the background and knowledge to provide effective security management and consulting services. Progent offers the expertise of CISM qualified security professionals to assist companies with:
CISSP Qualified Security Engineering Assistance
CISSP recognizes expertise with an international standard for network security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of data security defined by ISO/IEC 17024. Progent offers the services of security professionals who have earned CISSP accreditation. Progent can give you access to a CISSP-certified expert to help your organization in a broad range of security fields such as:
ISSAP Accredited Secure System Architecture Consulting Support
Progent's ISSAP qualified network architecture professionals are experts who have been awarded ISSAP status as a result of rigorous examination and significant experience with network security design. The ISSAP credential indicates demonstrated competence in the more in-depth requirements of information system security architecture within the broader field of information system security expertise required for CISSP certification. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security experts can assist your business with all phases of secure network architecture including.
Access Management Systems and Techniques
Telecommunications and Network Infrastructure Security
CISA Accredited IS Security Auditing Consulting Assistance
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a globally recognized achievement that indicates mastery in IS security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential requires that consultants pass a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent's CISA security audit specialists are available to help your IT organization in the areas of:
IS Audit Services
Information Technology Governance
Network Assets and Architecture Lifecycle
Information Technology Service Delivery
Safeguarding Data Resources
Disaster Recovery Planning
GIAC Qualified Network Security Engineering Services
GIAC was established in 1999 to validate the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to verify that a certified professional has the skills appropriate to deliver support in critical areas of network, information, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations throughout the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent's GIAC-qualified security audit experts are available to help your IT organization in the areas of:
Talk to a Certified Security Expert Immediately
To learn how you can get in touch with a certified security consultant for emergency online consulting expertise or complex security projects in Nebraska, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Urgent Remote Computer Support.
For mid-size companies who need network consulting services, Progent can deliver an array of options such as on-site service, on-line support, off-site Help Desk, 24x7 support with remote system monitoring, emergency staffing, site relocation support, application programming, and expert consulting. For midsize companies in California or other areas covered by Progent's onsite consultants, Progent offers professional onsite support for solving technical issues rapidly and affordably.
Progent's UNIX family consulting services provide small companies and developers assistance with administering and supporting UNIX, Linux or Solaris environments that coexist with Microsoft-based technology. Progent can give your organization access to UNIX consultants, support professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISSP certification. This broad range of expertise provides you with a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to build and manage a secure and robust mixed-platform network and communications infrastructure that supports UNIX and Microsoft coexistence by integrating Windows with major variants of UNIX including Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO UNIX and Silicon Graphics IRIX or major Linux platforms such as RedHat Linux, SuSE, Debian GNU/Linux and Mandrake.
Progent's Sun Solaris family support services provide small and mid-size businesses and software developers help with managing and supporting Sun Solaris systems that run with Microsoft-powered networks. Progent offers your business access to Solaris consultants, consulting professionals qualified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISA credentials. This wide array of expertise offers you an easy one-stop consulting firm to show you how to build and maintain a protected and reliable cross-platform connectivity and communications solution that allows Solaris and Microsoft interoperability by integrating MS Windows with popular versions of UNIX such as Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO UNIX, and Silicon Graphics IRIX (SGI/IRIX or major Linux derivatives including RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake/Mandriva, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware Linux.
Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants offer small and medium-size companies experienced support services for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM 2005) and Microsoft Operations Manager 2000. MOM 2005 offers open and scalable high-end system management by featuring detailed event management, 24x7 monitoring and alerts, reporting and trend analysis, and network and application-specific intelligence and routines to improve the control of Windows Server System networks. Through internal application intelligence, Microsoft MOM 2005 helps you isolate your system health issues before they become disasters, increase the efficiency of your IT operations through specified best practices, and support your IT operations and senior management by sharing key service level and performance information. Progent’s MOM consulting experts have broad field-proven experience with MOM 2000 and MOM 2005 and can help your company deploy and configure MOM in order to optimize the availability and productivity of your information system.
Microsoft Live Communications Server delivers IM and presence as part of a scalable, enterprise-grade solution featuring enhanced security, transparent compatibility with popular Microsoft products, an expandable, industry-standard development platform, and compliance with regulatory mandates such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley. Your enterprise can benefit from cost savings and improved business efficiencies, increased individual productivity, and better IP protection with this simple-to-manage, fault-tolerant IM platform. Successful deployments of LCS require extensive planning and consideration before installation. Progent's Microsoft-authorized consultants can deliver the expertise needed to realize all the benefits of Live Communications Server throughout your whole corporation.
Cisco has developed a full product line of routers including routers designed to deliver the security, bandwidth, and reliability levels required by small and medium-sized businesses. Cisco routers feature support for redundancy, automatic failthrough, and redundant power for improved fault tolerance and network uptime. Progent can show you how to select and integrate Cisco routers to build a reliable infrastructure for your IT system and to make it economical to grow as you support new users, open new offices, install new services, extend your network to customers and partners, and manage a more mobile workforce. Progent offers expertise in a variety of routers powered by Cisco's IOS operating system, such as the Cisco SB 100, the Cisco 800 Series Routers, Cisco 3800 and 7200 Routers, as well as legacy 2500 and 2700 Routers.
Progent’s business reporting consultants offer experience in Crystal Reports, FRx, and Microsoft Access reporting tools. Progent can also show you how to configure the server, communications and protection foundation needed to maintain a state-of-the-art reporting system. Progent’s reporting consultants can be especially helpful in helping you integrate information from multiple data repositories such as Access, Excel, XML, OLAP, SQL and a wide range of accounting tools and enterprise management programs.
Progent’s Cisco Voice Over IP professionals can provide expert planning, deployment and support help for Cisco VoIP technology. Cisco Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data platform provides the foundation and tools for creating a single converged system that can manage voice, video, and data traffic simultaneously. AVVID provides this functionality while maintaining a high degree of system uptime, Quality of Service, and security. Important benefits of IP communications systems enabled by Cisco AVVID VoIP architecture include a flexible, interoperable upgrade strategy that allows you to select IP Communications solutions that address your existing requirements, while offering a smooth path for speeding up IP deployment, Quality of Service mechanisms that help deliver high voice quality via close control of delay, loss and jitter, and network management tools that support system administration, operations, troubleshooting, set up, fault tracking, and element management. Progent’s Cisco-qualified network consultants can help you design a reliable Voice over IP solution built around Cisco IP PBX and Cisco IP Telephony technology. Progent’s Voice over IP consultants can help you pick and deploy Cisco software that makes sense for your small or medium size organization, such as Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco CallManager, or Cisco CallManager Express.
Progent can help you plan and execute an efficient migration to Microsoft Dynamics GP so that you retain your information, strengthen your security, modernize your management reporting, take complete advantage of Microsoft Office support, and minimize business disruption by creating and executing a smart migration strategy. Progent can also help educate new Microsoft Dynamics GP users so you don't lose productivity. Progent can improve your company reports and business analytics by offering Crystal Reports help, FRx programming, and Microsoft Excel support. Progent's experience with Microsoft .NET technology, Microsoft SQL Server applications, and programming with VBasic, XML and other tools make it possible to create custom line-of-business applications and eCommerce solutions that integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Microsoft Systems Management Server offers added capability for change and configuration management of Windows-based systems via SMS Feature Packs. Feature Packs reduce the net operational costs of managing and configuring software products by making it easier to copy system images, manage mobile devices, and run management tools. In addition to alerting you about ways to save management expenses by installing SMS 2003 Feature Packs, Progent's consulting experts can help you prepare and implement IT projects involving areas that Feature Packs are intended to streamline. Progent's adoption and upgrade services can lower cost and reduce business disruption as you move to the latest operating systems and applications. Progent's wireless consulting experts can help you develop sensible procedures and policies to manage PDAs and intelligent portable communication devices so your field force remains productive and secure. Progent's CISSP-certified engineers and CISM-certified security experts can help you develop a security strategy that incorporates policies, procedures and IT products to keep your IT computer system safe.
NextWeb provides business class stationary wireless connectivity that can be set up in days rather than a month. NextWeb offers a range of wireless data transports including NextWeb wireless T1, wireless DS3, and special occasion wireless broadband access. Progent has an agency agreement with NextWeb and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Cisco Systems Partner equipped with the skill to help you incorporate NextWeb wireless data services to create a world-class, integrated communications solution on a small-business budget.
Network monitoring commonly involves tracking a system's resource utilization to help uncover data traffic bottlenecks or troubleshoot hardware or program issues. Nagios and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) are powerful, license-free network monitoring utilities that work under Linux and can be deployed to observe mixed-platform networks where Linux and Windows operate together. Progent's system support consultants can help you use both these tools to optimize and repair your network. Progent's UNIX support professionals offer small businesses and developers help with administering and servicing UNIX and Linux systems that work with Microsoft-based products.
Progent's Virtual Server hosting services offer small businesses a range of benefits including lower capital expenditures, reductions in operational costs, improved executive focus, enterprise-class protection, greater fault tolerance, and regulatory compliance..
