North Carolina Computer Network Security and Business Continuity For Small Company Information Networks: Security Consulting and Support Services
Business computer networks in North Carolina can have quick online contact with Progent's certified network security support specialists to help with critical security issues. Rates are competitive, charges are per minute, engagement is immediate, and service is unbeatable. Progent also offers help for long-term projects that demand the expertise of senior security consultants with high-level industry credentials.
If your North Carolina business is located away from more populated metropolitan neighborhoods such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, or Winston-Salem, the availability of certified security experts could be problematic during an urgent situation. This can result in a loss of income for your business, upset clients, unproductive workers, and defocused executives. By contacting Progent, you can get in touch with a qualified security consultant who can deliver help when you need it to get your information system operating and salvage your information.
Progent can help you in all your efforts to guard your IT environment with support that can range from security audits to creating a company-wide security strategy. Progent offers affordable support to help small companies to design and manage safe networks based on Windows and Cisco Systems products and that may include computers based on UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Mac OS X operating systems.
Progent can also help you outsource spam filtering and protection from e-mail-based attacks. Progent has partnered with Postini to provide small businesses E-Mail Guard, a managed service that intercepts spam and e-mail-based security threats before they can penetrate your network firewall. Learn more concerning E-Mail Guard Spam Blocking and Virus Protection.
Progent's security experts are accessible online or in person to provide a variety of emergency or longer-term computer security services which include:
Run extensive network security audits
Recuperate quickly after serious security breaches
Install and troubleshoot firewalls
Implement secure solutions for remote and mobile connectivity
Deploy effective applications for defense against viruses, spam and DHAs
Progent's engineers can deliver advanced support in vital areas of network protection that include security evaluation, firewall and VPN solutions, and advanced security consulting.
System Assessment
Progent's certified security engineers can assess the strength of your current network protection implementation by performing comprehensive remote automated testing based on sophisticated utilities and proven procedures. Progent's experience in this
testing saves your company consulting fees and assures a detailed picture of system vulnerability. The information your company is provided can form the foundation of a security strategy that will permit your information system to run safely and adapt rapidly to future threats.
Automated Vulnerability Evaluation
Progent provides consulting in the application of security auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and GFI LANguard for affordably running a variety of automatic network testing checks to identify potential security problems. Progent has extensive experience with additional security auditing products including NMAP Port Scanner, AMAP application mapper, eEye Vulnerability Scanner, as well as utilities such as SolarWinds, Netcat, Hydra, and Nikto. Progent can show you how to understand testing reports and respond appropriately.
Progent can show you how to design protection into your business operations, install auditing tools, define and deploy a protected network environment, and suggest procedures to optimize the safety of your IT system. Progent's security engineers are able to show you how to configure a firewall, implement secure remote connectivity to email and data, and install VPN. Find out additional information on Progent's network security evaluation.
Network Penetration Testing Support Services
Stealth penetration checking is a key component of any serious network security plan. Progent’s security professionals can perform extensive penetration tests without the awareness of your organization's internal IT staff. Unannounced penetration checking uncovers whether existing security monitoring systems such as intrusion incident alerts and event log analysis are correctly set up and actively observed. Learn additional information on Progent's stealth penetration testing support services.
Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
Progent's expertise in network security technology encompasses extensive field work with major firewalls and VPN technology offered by a variety of companies including Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Symantec. Progent can provide the services of engineers with important industry accreditations including Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).
Support Expertise for MS ISA Server 2006 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server is a multi-functional edge gateway that offers a fully integrated application layer firewall, VPN, and web caching platform for protecting the Internet-facing networks of any organization against a wide range of attacks. Progent's certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 engineers can show you how to plan, cost-justify, pilot, implement, customize, and support any edition of ISA Server 2006 on your information system.
Cisco Firewalls Support Services
Progent’s experienced Cisco network security consulting professionals offer expert PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall consulting services covering architecture, integration, and support of Cisco firewall and security solutions. The PIX and ASA Series of Cisco firewall products delivers robust user and software policy enforcement, sophisticated attack defense, and secure connectivity services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop appliances for small and home businesses to modular gigabit products, Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls provide a high level of protection, 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 information about Progent's Cisco Firewalls Consulting Expertise.
Cisco Security and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
Cisco's security and offsite connection products for small companies provide a complete range of manageable security solutions to help safeguard your local and remote information system. Cisco's VPN product family includes switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN appliances. Progent's professional staff of consultants includes experienced specialists with Cisco CCIE and CCNP certifications who can help your business to select Cisco Virtual Private Network, Cisco RADIUS Security, and other Cisco security technologies that align best with your business objectives. Find out additional information concerning Progent's Consulting Expertise for Cisco Security Technology and Virtual Private Network Products.
Consulting Services for Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
Progent offers small and medium size organizations expert consulting for Intrusion Protection Systems and IPSec VPN technology from major firewall and Virtual Private Network security vendors including Check Point Software, Juniper, and SonicWALL. Progent can help you create a comprehensive security plan and choose the right technologies from multiple suppliers to support your security goals while sticking within your spending limits.
Certified Network Security Planning
Every business should develop a carefully considered security strategy that includes both pre-attack processes and response planning. The pre-attack strategy is a collection of procedures designed to minimize security weaknesses. The reactive strategy assists your IT security personnel to assess the impact caused by an attack, fix the damage, record the event, and get business functions operational as soon as feasible.
Progent's certified IT security consultants are available to assist your company to run a complete vulnerability assessment and create a network security strategy to establish security policies and controls to reduce future attacks and threats.
CISM Certified Security Support Expertise
CISM organization defines the basic capabilities and worldwide standards of performance that IT security professionals are expected to learn. CISM gives business management the confidence that those who have qualified for their CISM credential have the background and knowledge to deliver effective security administration and support services. Progent can provide the expertise of CISM qualified security consultants to help companies with:
CISSP Qualified Security Consulting Services
CISSP denotes expertise with an international standard for information security. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has granted certification recognition in the area of data security defined by ISO 17024. Progent offers the services of security consultants who have earned CISSP certification. Progent can give you access to a CISSP-certified expert to help your business in a variety security areas including:
ISSAP Certified Secure Network Architecture Consulting Assistance
Progent's ISSAP certified IT architecture engineers are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP status through thorough examination and significant work with network security design. The ISSAP certification indicates demonstrated skill in the more complex demands of information security architecture bounded by the wider scope of IS security knowledge required for CISSP accreditation. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your business with all aspects of architecture security such as.
CISA Accredited Information System Security Auditing Consulting Assistance
The CISA accreditation is a recognized qualification that represents mastery in network security auditing. Certified by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an extensive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent's CISA-qualified security audit engineers can assist your IT organization in the areas of:
IS Audit Services
Information Technology Administration
Network Assets and Architecture Lifecycle Planning
IT Service Delivery
Protecting Data Resources
Business Continuity Preparedness
GIAC Certified Information System Security Consulting Support
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of computer security engineers. GIAC's goal is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to provide services in critical categories of system, data, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions all over the world including and the United States NSA. Progent's GIAC-qualified information security audit experts can help your business in the areas of:
Get in Touch with a Security Specialist Now
To see how you can ask a security consultant for urgent phone-based consulting assistance or long-term security engagements in North Carolina, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Expert Remote Computer Help.
Progent practices knowledge transfer from Progent's consultants to clients. By educating clients to deal with problems that are within their comfort zone, Progent can focus on delivering hard-to-find services where Progent faces little competition. Mid-size companies who work with trusted freelance consultants or who maintain internal IT personnel benefit when Progent passes on knowledge about critical technology and tested processes to make their networks more reliable, protected, and efficient.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting staff can provide network troubleshooting and IT expertise for Microsoft Operations Manager and for the expanding family of Application Management Packs that extend the power of MOM to a wide range of business-critical applications. Progent offers consulting for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and MOM 2000 to give small information networks ultra-high reliability, protection and performance. Progent can help you take full advantage of Microsoft Operations Manager by performing requirements assessment, installation, setup, customization, technical support, Help Desk services, security consulting, and management. With over five years of experience working with the NetIQ technology upon which MOM is based, Progent's network consulting professionals can offer small companies enterprise-class support for MOM.
Progent's expert consultants can help you design and implement an efficient in-place Microsoft Exchange 2007 migration strategy that minimizes productivity downtime, simplifies ongoing support demands, and makes your Exchange 2007 Server easy to administer. For complicated multi-server or multi-site upgrades, Progent has the experience to finish your project rapidly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange 2007 help, repair, and design services include assistance with the integration of outside vendor enhancements of Exchange Server 2007 that are in keeping with your business goals.
If your company operates a UNIX, Linux, or Solaris network or a multi-OS network, Progent's CISA and CISM-qualified security specialists can assist your entire organization in a broad array of security areas such as security administration procedures, security design and models, connection control products and methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, communications, infrastructure and Internet security, and disaster recovery planning. CISM and CISSP define the core skills and international standards of performance that network security professionals are required to master. These certification offer executive management the confidence that those who have achieved their CISA or CISSP qualification have demonstrated the background and theory to deliver world-class security support and engineering help.
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any overall IT system security plan. Progent’s security experts can run extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your organization's in-house IT staff. Unannounced penetration testing uncovers whether current security defense systems such as intrusion detection warnings and event history monitoring are properly set up and consistently observed.
Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants provide a variety of consulting services for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft accounting platform and corporate management solution based, like all Microsoft accounting solutions, on the scalable and familiar foundation of Microsoft Windows technology. Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, the most recent edition of Microsoft financial products in the Microsoft Great Plains Accounting line, provides an affordable tool for managing and integrating accounting, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, CRM, and HR. Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is easy to deploy and integrate, and with its modular approach you are able to license only the functions you currently need, with the option to expand users and enlarge functionality when necessary. Progent’s Great Plains Software support experts can help you install, configure and manage Great Plains 10.0 and also older editions of Great Plains such as Great Plains 9.0 and Microsoft Great Plains 8.0.
Server growth puts pressure on IT budgets and management resources. Server consolidation via a virtual architecture offers lower TCO of hardware and faster ROI, more leveraged use of physical computers, streamlined operations, enhanced system availability, and easier management. Common usage scenarios for virtual machines are hardware consolidation, economical platforms for line-of-business legacy software running on outdated operating systems, and affordable quarantine of software development or evaluation environments from production systems.
Microsoft Live Communications Server delivers Instant Messaging and Real Presence in an extensible, enterprise-grade solution featuring enhanced security, seamless compatibility with popular Microsoft software, an expandable, standards-based development platform, and compliance with regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley. Your organization can benefit from lower costs and improved business efficiencies, increased worker productivity, and better intellectual property security with this easy-to-administer, fault-tolerant IM platform. Successful implementations of LCS call for careful planning and thought prior to roll out. Progent's Microsoft-certified professionals can provide the skill needed to realize all the advantages of LCS throughout your entire corporation.
