Virginia Information Security and Safe Management For Small Business Information Networks: Security Consulting and Support Services
Business networks in the state of Virginia can have quick remote help from Progent's certified security professionals to assist with emergency security problems. Rates are competitive, billing is per minute, sign-up is fast, and service is unbeatable. Progent also provides assistance for long-term engagements that demand the knowledge of seasoned security engineers with high-level industry credentials.
If your Virginia office is located away from more populated urban areas including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Richmond, or Arlington, access to accredited network security support specialists could be problematic when there's a crisis. This can cause a drop in revenue for your business, upset clients, unproductive workers, and distracted management. By contacting Progent's remote support, you can get in touch with a certified security professional ready to deliver help whenever you require it to keep your information system operating and restore your information.
Progent can help you in a variety of ways in your efforts to protect your information system with support services that ranges from network security assessments to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Progent offers economical service to assist small and midsize companies to design and manage secure IT environments based on Windows and Cisco technology and that may include computers running UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Mac OS X operating systems.
Progent can also show you how to outsource spam filtering and defense against e-mail-based security threats. Progent has partnered with Postini to provide small businesses E-Mail Guard, an outsourced service that stops spam and e-mail-based viruses and worms before they are able to break through your network firewall. Learn more concerning E-Mail Guard Spam Filtering and Virus and Worm Defense.
Progent's certified consultants are accessible online or in person to provide a variety of emergency or project-based IT security services which include:
Run thorough security audits
Recuperate rapidly after serious security breaches
Set up hardware and software firewalls
Configure secure methods for offsite and mobile connectivity
Deploy effective solutions for defense against viruses, spam and DHAs
Progent's support professionals provide advanced services in vital facets of network protection that include analysis, firewall/VPN support, and high-level security consulting.
System Evaluation
Progent's certified security engineers can assess the strength of your existing computer security environment through comprehensive remote automated analysis via advanced utilities and tested procedures. Progent's experience in administering this service saves your company consulting fees and assures an accurate picture of system vulnerability. The knowledge your IT organization gains can be used as the foundation of a security strategy that can allow your information system to operate dependably and evolve quickly to future risks.
Automated Network Security Analysis
Progent provides expertise in the use of security analysis utilities such as MBSA and GFI LANguard for affordably running a set of automatic network testing scans to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad experience with other network auditing tools such as NMAP, AMAP application mapper, eEye, as well as tools such as Metasploit Framework, Netcat, and Nikto. Progent can show you how to understand audit reports and react effectively.
Progent can help you build protection into your business processes, install scanning software, plan and deploy a secure network environment, and recommend policies to optimize the security of your IT system. Progent's security professionals are available to help you configure a firewall, implement safe remote access to email and data, and install VPN. Find out additional information about Progent's network security assessment.
Stealth Intrusion Testing Support Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any comprehensive network security plan. Progent’s security experts can perform thorough penetration tests without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT resources. Stealth penetration checking shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event log monitoring are correctly set up and actively monitored. Learn more on Progent's network security penetration testing consulting.
Firewall And Virtual Private Network (VPN) Support
Progent's background in security technology encompasses in-depth familiarity with major firewalls and Virtual Private Network technology offered by multiple vendors including Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Juniper. Progent offers the support of engineers who have earned important industry accreditations such as CCIE and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
Support Services for MS ISA Server MS ISA Server is a comprehensive gateway that provides a fully integrated application layer firewall, VPN, and web caching solution for protecting the Internet-facing applications of any sized business against a wide variety of attacks. Progent's Microsoft-certified Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 engineers can show you how to plan, rationalize, test, implement, configure, and support any version of ISA Server 2006 on your information system.
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Engineering Services
Progent’s experienced Cisco IT security consulting professionals provide high-level PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall consulting services including infrastructure design, integration, and management of Cisco security technology. The PIX and ASA Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewalls delivers strong user and application policy enforcement, mutlivector attack protection, and safe access services. Ranging from economical, plug-and-play desktop devices for small and home businesses to modular enterprise-class appliances, Cisco PIX Firewall and ASA Firewalls provide a high level of protection, high throughput, and excellent availability for IT systems of any size. PIX Firewalls and ASA Firewalls are based on a proven, specially designed operating system,minimizing possible OS-specific security gaps. Learn additional information about Progent's Cisco Firewalls Engineering Services.
Cisco Security and Virtual Private Network Engineering Expertise
Cisco's security and offsite access products for small organizations represent a comprehensive line of manageable security products to help protect your wired and wireless information system. Cisco's VPN product family includes switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN appliances. Progent's professional consulting staff includes experienced engineers with Cisco's CCIE and CCNP qualifications who are able to assist your company to evaluate Cisco Virtual Private Network, Cisco RADIUS Security, and additional Cisco security technologies that fit most closely with your business goals. Find out additional information about Progent's Consulting Services for Cisco Security Solutions and Virtual Private Network Products.
Engineering Expertise for Additional Firewall and VPN Technology
Progent provides small and medium size businesses expert consulting for Intrusion Protection Systems and IPSec VPN technology from major firewall and Virtual Private Network security vendors such as Check Point Software, Juniper Networks, and SonicWALL. Progent can help you create a comprehensive security strategy and choose appropriate technologies from a variety of suppliers to support your security goals while sticking within your budget limits.
Certified Security Consulting
Every company ought to develop a thoroughly considered security program that includes both pre-attack processes and reaction planning. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps intended to reduce security weaknesses. The post-attack plan helps your IT security engineers to evaluate the impact caused by a security penetration, fix the system, record the event, and get the IT network running as rapidly as possible.
Progent's certified IT security consultants are available to assist your business to perform a complete vulnerability assessment and create a company-wide security strategy to implement security processes and mechanisms to reduce future assaults and dangers.
CISM Accredited Information Security Engineering Expertise
CISM committee defines the basic competencies and international standards of skill that IT security professionals are expected to learn. CISM provides business management the confidence that consultants who have earned their CISM credential possess the background and knowledge to provide effective security management and consulting services. Progent can provide the support of CISM certified security consultants to help companies with:
CISSP Qualified Security Engineering Assistance
CISSP denotes mastery of a global standard for data security. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has granted certification accreditation in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Progent offers the services of security professionals who have earned CISSP certification. Progent can provide a CISSP-certified expert to help your enterprise in a broad range of security areas including:
ISSAP Qualified Secure Information System Architecture Engineering Expertise
Progent's ISSAP certified IT architecture professionals are experts who have earned ISSAP Certification through thorough examination and extensive work with information security design. The ISSAP credential represents demonstrated competence in the more challenging requirements of information security architecture within the broader scope of information security knowledge needed for CISSP accreditation. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture such as.
Access Management Systems and Techniques
Telecommunications and Network Infrastructure Security
CISA Certified Security Auditing Engineering Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a recognized qualification that indicates mastery in information system security audit and control. Certified by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants pass an extensive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent's CISA security audit experts are available to assist your business in the areas of:
IS Audit Process
IT Administration
Systems and Infrastructure Planned Useful Life
IT Service Delivery
Safeguarding Data Resources
Business Continuity Planning
GIAC Accredited Security Consulting Assistance
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of computer security engineers. GIAC's mission is to ensure that a certified security consultant has the knowledge necessary to provide support in vital areas of network, information, and application security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and government organizations throughout the world including and the U.S. NSA. Progent's GIAC information security audit experts can help your business with:
Get in Touch with a Progent Security Specialist Immediately
To learn how to contact a security consultant for urgent remote engineering assistance or complex security engagements in Virginia, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Expert Online Network Help.
For large businesses, Progent can supplement in-house IT staffs by offering extensive background in deploying key Microsoft and Cisco products. Progent's certified experts offer Enterprise Active Directory help, Exchange Server 2003 integration, Systems Management Server (SMS) experience, and SQL Server help. For the national or global enterprise with branch offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Progent can act as a seamless local extension of corporate IT management. Progent’s enterprise support services include company-wide security, remote branch office support, network architecture, Sarbox conformance, project planning, and top-level support for multi-site network environments based on Enterprise Windows 2000. Progent can provide on-site engineers and technicians to help with a site relocation or branch move, or a network architect to help with building or using an Internet Data Center or Hosting Facility.
Small to middle size businesses can now get all the advantages of MOM and also have quick access to Progent’s Microsoft and Cisco qualified IT support experts. With Progent's economically priced network service packages, mid-size businesses can choose a simple MOM-based co-sourcing service program with server monitoring, reporting, Help Desk and online troubleshooting or a complete round-the-clock outsourcing solution. Progent offers expertise in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 to offer small business information systems enterprise-class availability, security and productivity.
Progent's Virtual Helpdesk support services are an integrated expansion of your in-house IT service organization. This can include advanced call center services such as a dedicated telephone number with customer-specific greeting. Progent will also rout calls directly to staff members who are specially provisioned and trained to handle your needs. Also, Progent's Help Desk staff can use trouble tickets with any client trouble ticket system for transparent integration with your in-house technical services organization. Advantages of Progent's Virtual Network Support Helpdesk services include professional Microsoft Helpdesk expertise the minute you call, transparent extension of your in-house resources, comprehensive support for urgent client problems, and per-minute billing.
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco authorized experts offer three ways to help mid-size and large companies develop an efficient and successful in-house Computer Support Helpdesk. Progent's help desk consulting services include ROI evaluation, process analysis and improvement, executive reporting, education of in-house personnel, and documentation of processes. Progent's Software Evaluation and Integration Services help businesses sift through the various high-quality Help Desk software packages available and decide what products might be too costly, miss critical functions, or align badly with your organization's business goals. Progent also offers short-term staffing for businesses who want to augment their in-house Help Desk staff for special projects or to substitute for absent or indisposed workers.
Progent’s non-stop interoffice connectivity and 24x7 network connection professionals can help small organizations achieve fault tolerant Interoffice connectivity through redundant networks featuring transparent failover. Progent’s Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts can plan and implement ultra-reliable Inter-office connections supported by fault tolerant EIGRP routers or non-stop OSPF deployment of Cisco routers. Progent can demonstrate how redundant connections and transparent fail-over can provide economical 24x7 interoffice connectivity.
Progent's certified Windows 2000 consultants can show you how to optimize the functionality of your existing Windows 2000 Servers and can simplify network administration, provide technical support and repair, and strengthen security. Progent can also help you create, justify, and execute a plan to migrate from Microsoft Windows Server 2000 to Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Progent is experienced in designing pilot installations to eliminate the technical risk associated with moving to Windows 2003 Server by identifying possible hardware and application compatibility problems.
Network monitoring typically entails observing a system's resource usage to help identify data traffic bottlenecks or fix hardware or software issues. Nagios and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) are powerful, free network monitoring utilities that run under Linux or UNIX and can be deployed to observe mixed-platform networks where UNIX and Windows operate together. Progent's system support engineers can show you how to take advantage of both these tools to optimize and repair your network. Progent's UNIX consulting professionals offer small businesses and programmers help with managing and supporting UNIX/Linux and Solaris networks that coexist with Windows-based technology.
VMware Virtual Server is a no-cost virtualization product that runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows Servers. VMware Server enables companies to segment a physical server into multiple virtual machines and to begin experiencing the benefits of virtualization with minimal cost. VMware Virtual Server is a reliable yet easy to use solution for users new to server virtualization techniques and is powered by VMware’s time-tested platform. VMware Virtual Server is ideal for developers, workgroups, and satellite offices who wish to facilitate software development, evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual environments, re-host legacy operating systems, and simplify server provisioning. Progent's experienced virtual server consultants can assist you with VMware Server, VMware GSX Server, and VMware Infrastructure 3 so your company can benefit from VMware server consolidation.
Progent’s business reporting professionals offer experience in Crystal Reports, FRx, and Microsoft Access reporting tools. Progent can also help you configure the server, networking and protection infrastructure necessary to maintain a state-of-the-art reporting solution. Progent’s reporting specialists can be especially useful in helping you combine information from multiple data repositories including Access, Excel, XML, OLAP, SQL and a broad range of financial packages and corporate planning programs.
Cisco's security and offsite connection products for small organizations offer a comprehensive range of manageable security solutions to help protect your local and remote network infrastructure. Cisco's VPN line features routers, firewalls, intrusion detection devices and VPN concentrators. Progent's expert staff of consultants includes field-proven specialists with Cisco CCIE and CCNP certifications who are able to assist your organization to select Cisco Virtual Private Network, Cisco RADIUS Security, Cisco wireless appliances, and additional Cisco security technologies that align most closely with your business goals.
