South Dakota Computer Network Security and Business Continuity
For Small and Midsize Company Information Systems: Security Expertise and Support
Small business networks in the state of South Dakota can now get instant online contact with Progent's qualified network security professionals to resolve critical security issues. Rates are affordable, billing is per minute, engagement is immediate, and support is unbeatable. Progent also provides help for long-term projects that requires the services of seasoned security consultants with top security credentials.
If your South Dakota small business is based far from larger metropolitan neighborhoods like Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen, contact with qualified security engineers may be problematic during a security disaster. This can result in a drop in revenue for your company, upset customers, idle workers, and defocused executives. By contacting Progent's online services, you can get in touch with a qualified security consultant who can provide assistance whenever you require it to keep your computer network operating and recover your information.
Progent can assist you at any level in your efforts to protect your network with support services that can range from security audits to developing a comprehensive security plan. Progent provides affordable support to assist small companies to set up and manage safe networks based on Windows and Cisco Systems technology and that may include servers and desktops based on UNIX, Linux, Solaris, or Apple Mac OS X operating systems.
Progent can also show you how to outsource spam filtering and protection from email-borne security threats. Progent works with Postini to offer small companies E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that intercepts spam and email-borne security threats before they can break through your network firewall. Find out additional information about E-Mail Guard Spam Blocking and Virus and Worm Defense.
Progent's certified professionals are available online or on site to provide a range of emergency or longer-term network security services such as:
Perform extensive security evaluations
Recuperate rapidly after serious security breaches
Set up firewalls from multiple vendors
Implement secure techniques for remote and mobile access
Deploy effective solutions for defense against spam and DHAs
Progent's support professionals offer advanced services in vital fields of network security that include security assessment, firewall and VPN solutions, and advanced security consulting.
System Evaluation
Progent's expert security consultants can evaluate the strength of your current network security environment through exhaustive remote automated testing based on sophisticated software tools and proven procedures. Progent's experience in administering this service saves you money and assures an accurate portrayal of system vulnerability. The information your company gains can form the basis of a network protection plan that can permit your network to operate dependably and adapt quickly to new risks.
Automated Network Vulnerability Assessment
Progent provides consulting in the use of security analysis products such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and GFI LANguard NSS for affordably performing a variety of programmed system auditing checks to uncover potential security holes. Progent has broad experience with additional network auditing utilities including NMAP Port Scanner, AMAP, eEye, plus tools like Metasploit Framework, Netcat, Hydra, and Nikto. Progent can show you how to make sense of testing reports and respond appropriately.
Progent can help you design security into your business operations, configure auditing tools, define and deploy a protected network environment, and suggest procedures to maximize the safety of your network. Progent's security consultants are able to help you set up a firewall, design secure remote connectivity to email and data, and install virtual private network. Find out additional information concerning Progent's automated security audits.
Network Security Penetration Analysis Support Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent’s security experts can perform thorough penetration checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT staff. Unannounced penetration checking shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event history analysis are properly set up and consistently monitored. Learn additional information concerning Progent's stealth security penetration testing support services.
Firewall And Virtual Private Network (VPN) Expertise
Progent's expertise in network security solutions includes extensive field work with leading firewalls and VPN products offered by a variety of vendors such as Cisco, Microsoft, and Juniper. Progent offers the support of consultants who have earned key industry accreditations such as CCIE and Microsoft MCSE.
Consulting Expertise for MS ISA Server 2006 MS Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 is a comprehensive edge gateway that provides a powerful application layer firewall, virtual private network, proxy, and Web caching solution for protecting the Internet-facing applications of any sized business against a wide range of attacks. Progent's certified ISA Server support professionals can show you how to design, rationalize, pilot, install, customize, and manage the Standard or Enterprise edition of ISA Server on your information system.
Cisco Firewalls Consulting Services
Progent’s certified Cisco network security consulting professionals offer high-level PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall consulting services covering infrastructure design, configuration, and management of Cisco firewall and Cisco security technology. The PIX and ASA Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewalls delivers robust user and software policy enforcement, sophisticated attack defense, and safe connectivity services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop devices for small and home offices to modular enterprise-class appliances, Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls provide a high level of security, high throughput, and high availability for IT systems of any size. PIX and ASA Firewalls are based on a proven, specially designed platform,eliminating common OS-specific security holes. Read more details about Progent's Cisco Firewalls Engineering Services.
Cisco Security and VPN Engineering Services
Cisco's network security and remote access products for small businesses provide a full line of manageable security solutions to help protect your wired and wireless network infrastructure. Cisco's Virtual Private Network line features switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and Virtual Private Network concentrators. Progent's professional staff of consultants includes field-proven specialists with Cisco CCIE and CCNP certifications who can help your organization to select Cisco Virtual Private Network, Cisco RADIUS Security, and other Cisco security solutions that align best with your business goals. Read additional details about Progent's Engineering Expertise for Cisco Security Solutions and Virtual Private Network Products.
Support Services for Other Firewall and VPN Technology
Progent provides small and medium size businesses expert support for Intrusion Protection products and IPSec VPN solutions from leading firewall and VPN security vendors including Check Point Software, Juniper, and SonicWALL. Progent can help you design a detailed security plan and select appropriate products from a variety of vendors to support your security goals while staying within your spending restraints.
Expert Security Design
Every business ought to develop a carefully considered security strategy that includes both preventive processes and response plans. The proactive strategy is a set of steps intended to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy assists your company's network security engineers to assess the damage caused by an attack, fix the damage, document the event, and get the IT network restored as quickly as possible.
Progent's certified information security consultants can to assist your company to perform a complete risk assessment and create a network security strategy to establish security processes and controls to reduce ongoing attacks and threats.
CISM Accredited System Security Engineering Assistance
CISM organization defines the basic capabilities and international standards of performance that IT security managers are required to master. It provides executive management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM certification possess the background and capability to provide efficient security management and consulting services. Progent can provide the support of CISM qualified security professionals to assist companies with:
CISSP Accredited Security Consulting Expertise
CISSP denotes expertise with an international standard for data security. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has awarded certification accreditation in the field of information protection stipulated by ISO 17024. Progent offers access to of security experts who have earned CISSP accreditation. Progent can give you access to a CISSP-certified professional to help your company in a variety security areas including:
ISSAP Qualified Secure Network Architecture Consulting Support
Progent's ISSAP qualified information system architecture professionals are consultants who have earned ISSAP status through rigorous testing and significant work with information security architecture. The ISSAP certification represents demonstrated skill in the most complex requirements of IS security architecture within the wider field of information security expertise needed for CISSP accreditation. Progent's ISSAP-qualified security specialists can assist your business with all phases of architecture security including.
Access Control Systems and Methodologies
Phone System and Network Infrastructure Protection
CISA Qualified IS Security Auditing Consulting Support
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious qualification that signifies expertise in IS security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an extensive test given by the ISACA professional association. Progent's CISA-certified IS security audit experts are available to help your business with:
IS Audit Process
Information Technology Administration
Systems and Architecture Planned Useful Life
Information Technology Support
Safeguarding Data Resources
Business Continuity Planning
GIAC Accredited Security Consulting Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of IT security experts. GIAC's mission is to ensure that a certified security consultant has the knowledge necessary to provide services in vital areas of system, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions around the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent's GIAC security audit consultants can help your business with:
Talk to a Progent Security Expert Immediately
To learn how to contact a security consultant for urgent online engineering support or long-term security engagements in South Dakota, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Expert Online Network Help.
Internet Security and Acceleration Server IT Consulting IT Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server consultants have extensive backgrounds configuring Microsoft ISA Server-based security installations for information systems with multiple offices, remote workers, and line-of-business web applications. Progent's Microsoft Firewall experts can assist your company in designing and implementing a configuration of ISA Server 2000 or ISA 2004 Server that meets your network security needs without adversely limiting your IT system accessibility. Progent's consulting professionals can help you migrate from Microsoft Proxy Server from Microsoft ISA 2000 to ISA 2006 Enterprise Edition Server or Microsoft ISA 2006 Standard Edition Server.
Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server Hosting Support offer a world-class data center with redundant electrical and cooling systems, 24x7 staffed security and IT support center, plus failover access to Internet backbone service companies. Hosted Exchange servers are configured as virtualized servers for high availability, smooth scalability, and fast recovery. Progent's services include complete incorporation with your network, connectivity with mobile communication products, automated monitoring of efficiency and security, spam and virus protection, security update and service pack control, Help Desk Call Center services, daily backup, and full messaging management support.
Progent's high availability support services for small business networks provides Microsoft and Cisco-qualified network experts who can help you deploy clustered servers to create a fault-tolerant network that incorporates key technologies and activities for mission critical applications. Progent’s high-availability system consultants can show you how to create ultra-reliable networks by planning and integrating the growing line of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers. Clustered Windows servers for fault-tolerant networks include Microsoft Windows 2003 Cluster Server, SQL Server Cluster, and Exchange Cluster. By helping you create your non-stop network based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster, Progent’s consulting professionals can help configure a system architecture with features that include fault tolerant Internet connections, system load balancing, non-stop data center design, fault tolerant interoffice connectivity, high-reliability multi-location networks, and fault-tolerant disaster recovery.
Progent has agent arrangements with several of the communications industry's leading data/voice carriers and can offer your company the same communications services you can get by buying direct. Progent can also assist you to identify the service offerings that make the most sense for your company and can deliver professional consulting expertise to help you incorporate your data/voice services into a communications solution that maximizes the business value of your computer network. Service providers whose connections are available by Progent include AT&T, Speakeasy, and New Edge Networks.
Progent’s Microsoft qualified experts provide small and medium-size businesses experienced support services for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM 2005) and MOM 2000. Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 delivers extensible and scalable enterprise-class system management by providing comprehensive event management, 24x7 monitoring and threshold alarms, recording and trend profiling, and system and application-specific intelligence and tasks to improve the control of Windows Server System networks. Through internal application intelligence, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 allows you to isolate your IT health issues before they become disasters, improve the payback of your network operations via actionable best practices, and support your IT operations and senior management through sharing key service level and performance data. Progent’s MOM consulting experts have extensive field-proven familiarity with MOM 2000 and MOM 2005 and can help your business install and configure MOM in order to maximize the reliability and productivity of your information network.
Progent’s data center IT services are intended for companies with hardware located at Internet Data Centers or data center co-location hosting sites and in need of on-demand in-person assistance at the collocation facility plus remote help from Microsoft and Cisco certified professionals. Progent offers a complete range of IDC and IDC and colocation consulting services such as network architecture analysis, Windows and Linux server integration and maintenance, tech support for server and communications networking, development and deployment of high availability configurations, architecting and deploying layered security defenses, firewall configuration and troubleshooting, configuring load balancing solutions, and planning fault tolerant server clustering systems.
Progent's Virtual Data Center hosting services offer small and midsize companies a variety of benefits including reduced capital costs, savings on operational expense, better executive focus, enterprise-class security, greater fault tolerance, and business continuity..
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts offer computer help and IT consulting services for Microsoft .NET Servers and applications and for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Progent’s support team can help you design, deploy, troubleshoot and administer the entire suite of Windows .NET Servers including Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, SQL Server, Microsoft ISA Server 20066, Biztalk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management Server, Small Business Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Application Center, SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Services, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Project Server, and Operations Manager 2007 and MOM 2005.
Progent's certified Windows 2000 Server consultants can provide computer support and IT consulting services for the complete line of Microsoft .NET Servers, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003. Progent's Microsoft Windows Server 2000 configuration, update, and troubleshooting services include network design, installation, project management, on-site and off-site support, Call Center outsourcing, professional security analysis, turn-key outsourcing, and cost-effective co-sourcing.
Progent provides customers the services of consultants who have been awarded some of the IT industry's most prized certifications. Progent believes that customers deserve to be sure that their computer support providers have accredited testing plus broad practical backgrounds so that Progent's clients can engage Progent's support with trust. In many cases, vendor credentials like the Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIE) confers priority for significantly better vendor help than is offered to non-certified consultants, allowing Progent to deliver customers a higher class of computer support. In addition, major credentials such as CISSP or ISSEP for network security can aid corporate clients to show compliance with regulatory demands by using the assistance of accredited industry professionals.
Progent’s team of Microsoft and Cisco qualified consultants average more than ten years of real-world professional experience, in the trenches of network service, performing a broad variety of technical tasks for an extensive mix of customers. Every Progent consultant shares a proven set of personal best practices which are combined into shared best practices training that Progent instills in its consulting staff. This guarantees that you get not just expert technical help, but also a support engineer with field-tested methods for applying technical knowledge to repair real-world IT problems efficiently.
Progent's Microsoft certified professionals can provide world-class support for enterprise-wide deployments of Microsoft Exchange 2007. Progent's consultants can help you plan multi-site Exchange installations or updates and can supply onsite personnel to help large companies with deployments of Microsoft Exchange in the San Francisco Bay Area or any area served by Progent's engineers.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have two decades of experience providing electronic messaging and integrated telecommunications/email solutions for businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally. Progent provides economical Microsoft Exchange Server consulting services to enhance email security and virus protection, achieve fault tolerant email, and implement remote and mobile email connectivity. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange consulting and support services can aid you in planning and implementing a Microsoft Exchange update or a migration from a legacy SMPT system or older Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2000. In addition Progent offers Windows XP and Vista client-side Microsoft Mail help for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook and can help you configure Outlook 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2000, Microsoft Outlook XP, and Outlook Web Access (OWA). For email virus protection and spam blocking, Progent offers expertise with Postini spam filtering and Trend Micro Scanmail. Progent is an authorized Postini Managed Service Provider (Postini MSP). As a Postini aggregator, Progent can help small organizations take advantage of Postini’s enterprise-class spam blocking solutions.
