Alabama Computer Security, Email Filtering, Business Continuity

Business information networks inAlabamanow have quick and economical online technical support from Progent's accredited security experts to resolve the toughest security problems. The cost is reasonable, charges are by the minute, engagement is immediate, and service is world class. Progent also provides assistance for complex projects that demand the services of seasoned security consultants with top security certifications.

In case yourAlabamaorganization is based some distance from more populated urban areas such asBirmingham, Birmingham, Mobile, or Huntsville, contact with nearby certified security support specialists could be problematic when you have a security disaster. This could mean a loss of income for your company, upset clients, unproductive workers, and distracted executives. By calling Progent's remote support, you have access to a Premier security consultant who can offer assistance whenever you require it to get your network running and salvage your information.

Progent can assist you in all your efforts to defend your IT environment with support services that can range from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security plan. Progent offers economical service to help small and midsize companies to design and manage safe IT environments based on Microsoft Windows and Cisco technology and that may include computers running UNIX, Linux, Solaris, or Apple Mac OS X platforms as well as BYOD users with Apple iPhones and iPads or Android or Windows Phone smart phones and tablets.

Progent can also help you outsource spam blocking and protection from e-mail-based assaults. Email Guard is Progent's email security platform that uses the technology of top data security vendors to provide web-based control and comprehensive protection for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard managed service combines cloud-based filtering with a local gateway appliance to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based threats. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks most unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to external attacks and conserves network bandwidth and storage. ProSight Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance provides a further level of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter.

Progent's security professionals are accessible online or on site to provide a range of urgent or project-based IT security services including:

• Run thorough security audits
• Recuperate rapidly after virus and worm attacks
  
• Set up effective firewalls
• Configure secure solutions for remote and mobile access
• Install advanced solutions for defense against viruses, spam and directory harvest attacks
  
• Develop a company-wide security strategy with 24x7 monitoring
  
• Provide outsourced Call Center Services
• Help Develop a practical data backup and business continuity strategy centered on Microsoft Data Protection Manager backup/restore capability

Progent's consultants offer world-class support in vital facets of system security that include security assessment, firewalls and VPN, and advanced security planning.

Security Assessment
Progent's certified security consultants can evaluate the strength of your current network protection environment by performing exhaustive remote automated testing based on sophisticated utilities and proven techniques. Progent's skill in administering this testing saves you time and money and assures an accurate picture of system vulnerability. The knowledge your business is provided can be used as the foundation of a security strategy that will permit your network to run safely and adapt quickly to new threats.

Automated Vulnerability Evaluation
Progent offers expertise in the application of security auditing products such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and GFI LANguard for economically performing a variety of automatic network testing checks to uncover possible security problems. Progent has broad experience with additional security auditing tools such as NMAP Port Scanner, AMAP, eEye Vulnerability Scanner, plus utilities like Metasploit, Netcat, Socat, and Nikto. Progent can show you how to make sense of audit reports and respond appropriately.

Progent can help you build protection into your business operations, install scanning applications, define and implement a secure network architecture, and recommend policies to optimize the security of your network. Progent's security consultants are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, design secure remote access to email and data, and install virtual private network. Find out additional information on Progent's automated security audits.

Security Inventory Packages for Small Companies
Progent offers two ultra-affordable security inventory packages designed to allow small businesses to get an independent security assessment from an accredited security consultant. With Progent's External Network Security Inventory Scan, a security expert administers a comprehensive test of your IT infrastructure from beyond your company firewall to uncover potential risks in the security profile you present to the outside world. With Progent's Internal Network Security Inventory Scan, an engineer executes a network scan from an authorized computer within your firewall to determine the risk to inside threats. Both security inventory packages are set up and executed from a protected external site. The process is overseen by an engineer who has earned high-level security accreditations and who generates a report that details and analyzes the information captured by the scan and proposes cost-effective improvements if called for.

Stealth Intrusion Analysis Support Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a key component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can perform extensive intrusion tests without the knowledge of your organization's in-house IT staff. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event log monitoring are properly set up and consistently checked. Learn more concerning Progent's network security penetration testing support services.

Firewalls and VPN Support
Progent's expertise in network security solutions encompasses in-depth field work with major firewalls and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology offered by a variety of companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, and Symantec. Progent can provide the services of engineers with important industry certifications such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

Cisco ASA 5500-X Firewalls with Firepower, ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, and PIX Security Appliances Configuration and Troubleshooting
The new ASA 5500-X Series of firewalls with Firepower Services deliver significantly more value than Cisco's legacy PIX and ASA 5500 firewalls and have superseded the ASA 5500 and PIX firewalls for new installations. After Cisco's purchase of Sourcefire, the whole family of Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls can be provisioned to enable Firepower Services, built on Sourcefire's Snort technology, which is the world's most popular network intrusion protection system. Firepower services provide powerful new capabilities such as advanced malware protection (AMP), URL filtering, real-time threat analytics, and automation. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE network consultants can help your company to maintain your existing PIX or Cisco ASA 5500 security appliances or migrate efficiently to Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent's consultants offer online and on-premises help with ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services and can help your company to design, deploy, optimize, manage and troubleshoot firewall environments built around Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Read additional details about ASA 5500-X Firewalls with Firepower Services configuration and troubleshooting support.

Cisco Network Security and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
Cisco's network security and offsite access technology represent a complete line of easy-to-administer security solutions to help protect your local and remote information system. Cisco's VPN product family includes switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN concentrators. Progent's expert consulting staff includes experienced specialists with Cisco CCIE and Cisco Certified Network Professional certifications who can help your business to evaluate Cisco VPN, Cisco RADIUS Security, and other Cisco security solutions that align most closely with your business goals. Read additional details concerning Progent's Consulting Services for Cisco Security Solutions and VPN Products.

Support Expertise for Additional Firewall and VPN Technology
Progent provides small and medium size companies expert support for Intrusion Protection products and IPsec VPN products from major firewall and VPN security companies such as Check Point Software, Juniper, and Symantec. Progent can help you design a comprehensive security plan and choose the right products from a variety of vendors to support your security goals while sticking within your budget restraints.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight line of network monitoring and management services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior analysis tools to defend endpoints and servers and VMs against new malware attacks like ransomware and email phishing, which easily escape traditional signature-based anti-virus products. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to automate the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, infiltration detection, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic network-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and VMs, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, device control, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within a single agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's unique requirements and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you specify and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require immediate attention. Progent's consultants can also assist your company to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup
ProSight Data Protection Services provide small and medium-sized businesses an affordable end-to-end service for secure backup/disaster recovery (BDR). Available at a fixed monthly price, ProSight DPS automates and monitors your backup processes and allows rapid restoration of vital files, applications and virtual machines that have become lost or damaged due to component breakdowns, software bugs, disasters, human mistakes, or malware attacks such as ransomware. ProSight Data Protection Services can help you protect, recover and restore files, folders, apps, system images, as well as Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware virtual machine images. Critical data can be backed up on the cloud, to a local device, or to both. Progent's backup and recovery specialists can provide advanced support to configure ProSight Data Protection Services to be compliant with regulatory standards such as HIPAA, FIRPA, and PCI and, when needed, can assist you to restore your business-critical information. Learn more about ProSight DPS Managed Backup.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the infrastructure of leading information security vendors to deliver web-based management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to inbound threats and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more details, see Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host configured and maintained by Progent's network support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hardware environment without requiring a lengthy and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting service. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, retrieve and safeguard data about your network infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time spent looking for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you're making enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need when you need it. Find out more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Expert Security Design
Every company should have a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both proactive procedures and reaction plans. The proactive plan is a set of procedures that help to reduce security weaknesses. The reactive strategy helps your company's network security personnel to evaluate the damage caused by a security penetration, fix the damage, record the experience, and get the IT network operational as quickly as possible.

Progent's certified IT security engineers can to assist your company to perform a full risk assessment and create a company-wide security plan to establish security policies and controls to mitigate future attacks and dangers.

CISM Qualified System Security Engineering Assistance
The CISM committee describes the basic capabilities and international standards of performance that information security professionals are expected to learn. It provides executive management the confidence that consultants who have qualified for their CISM credential possess the experience and knowledge to provide effective security management and consulting consulting. Progent offers the support of CISM Premier security consultants to help businesses with:

• Information Security Strategies
• Vulnerability Management
• IS Security Implementation Management
• Network Security Administration
• Response Planning

CISSP Qualified Security Consulting Expertise
The CISSP credential denotes mastery of an international standard for data security. The American National Standards Institute has granted certification recognition in the field of data protection stipulated by ISO 17024. Progent offers the services of security professionals who have qualified for CISSP accreditation. Progent can provide a CISSP-certified consultant to help your company in a variety security areas such as:

• Security Administration Procedures
• Security Architecture and Models
• Access Control Solutions and Processes
• Applications Development Security
• Secure Operations
• Site Security
• Data Encryption Mechanisms
• Telecommunications, LAN and Internet Security
• Disaster Recovery Preparedness

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Secure System Architecture Engineering Expertise
Progent's CISSP-ISSAP Certified information system architecture engineers are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP Certification as a result of rigorous examination and extensive work with network security design. The ISSAP certification represents proven mastery in the most challenging requirements of information security architecture within the wider scope of information system security knowledge required for CISSP accreditation. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture such as.

• Access Control Systems and Techniques
• Telecommunications and System Infrastructure Protection
• Cryptography Options
• Needs Evaluation and Security Guidelines
• Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning
• Site Security

CISA Accredited Network Security Auditing Engineering Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a globally recognized achievement that indicates mastery in information system security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an extensive examination given by the ISACA professional association. Progent's CISA information security audit experts can help your business with:

• IS Audit Services
• IT Enforcement
• Network Assets and Infrastructure Lifecycle Planning
• Information Technology Service Delivery
• Protecting Data Assets
• Business Continuity Preparedness

CRISC Experts
The CRISC certification program was established by ISACA to verify a consultant's skills to plan, implement, and support IS control mechanisms to reduce risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to develop and carry out a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's CRISC-qualified IT risk mitigation experts can provide a variety of risk assessment services including:

• Collect information and study documentation to identify significant vulnerabilities
• Inventory statutory, industry, and business requirements and organizational standards related to your information system to determine their potential impact on your business goals
• Identify possible vulnerabilities for your operational processes to assist in evaluating your corporate risk
• Develop a risk awareness program and provide seminars to make sure your organization understand information system risk so they can contribute to your risk management process
• Match key risk vectors to related business procedures to help determine risk ownership
• Determine risk appetite with executive management and key stakeholders to make sure they are in agreement

GIAC Accredited Information System Security Engineering Support
GIAC was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of network security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to deliver services in key categories of system, information, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions throughout the world including and the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent's GIAC-qualified security audit consultants are available to help your IT organization with:

• Assessing Security Systems
• Security Incident Response
• Intrusion Detection
• Web-based Application Security
• SIEM solutions

Get in Touch with a Progent Security Specialist
To find out how to get in touch with a certified security engineer for remote or on-premises expertise in Alabama, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Remote Computer Support.