Cisco Certified Network Consulting

Cisco's security and VPN solutions for small to medium size companies offer a comprehensive set of manageable security products and technologies to help you to protect your wired and wireless connectivity infrastructure. Cisco's rich catalog of protection and VPN technologies features routers, switches, firewalls, IDS, and Virtual Private Network concentrators. Progent's seasoned support engineers includes veteran consultants with Cisco's CCIE and CCNP credentials who can help your organization to select and integrate VPN and protection technologies that align optimally with your business.

Cisco Virtual Private Networks
Cisco offers several options for implementing a Virtual Private Network system, so you can choose the option that best fits your business needs. You can install both remote access and office-to-office Virtual Private Networks with Cisco IOS Software, with software and Advanced Integrated Module (AIM) hardware encryption cards, or with hardware units, such as a VPN concentrator, router, Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower, or devoted VPN processor for dial-up services. All Cisco Virtual Private Network approaches are simple to integrate and administer and offer the versatility to grow with changing business requirements.

Components Associated with Cisco's Protection Solution
Cisco has a full line of products designed for stopping stealing data, virus outbreaks, Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and other threats to your network. Classifications and products include:

Protected Access

• Virtual Private Network device (Cisco VPN access concentrators and clients): Dedicated hardware or software device for configuring and managing VPNs
• Catalyst and Nexus Family Switch controlled: Identity-focused functions designed into switches
• Router based: Virtual Private Network features designed into routers
• Expanded perimeter security
• PIX or ASA Firewall appliance: Dedicated silicon or software mechanism to allow or deny connectivity to the network or applications
• Cisco Router based: Firewall functions built into Cisco routers

• Network-attached appliance (Cisco Security Agent): Dedicated physical unit or program for detecting penetrations internal to the organization's network
• Host-based software (Cisco Security Agent): Dedicated physical unit or program for detecting, remediating, and documenting attacks on hosts
• Firewall sensor: Sensor within a Cisco firewall to find and document intrusions at the system public/private edge
• Cisco Catalyst sensor: Sensor within a switch to detect and report intrusions at the switch
• Router sensor: Sensor within a switch to detect and document attacks at the router

• ACS using RADIUS and TACACS authentication: Centralized access control framework for user validation, permission, and accounting from an graphical Web interface

• Cisco Security Manager: Expandable solution to provision configuration and security policies for Cisco firewalls, VPNs, and IPS

How Progent's Engineers Can Help Your Company with Cisco Security Products
Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to help you to select, integrate, and support Cisco security solutions. Progent's CISM and CISSP security consultants can show you how to build security into your company's processes. Progent can help you to produce a documented security strategy to establish clear policies, deploy scanning and auditing utilities, create and install a protected connectivity infrastructure that includes products from a variety of network companies, provide Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration 2006 Server support services and Forefront TMG 2010 configuration help, and recommend procedures to maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security consulting can help you implement a firewall, set up secure remote and mobile access to email and corporate data, and install or troubleshoot Virtual Private Networks.

To learn more details concerning Progent's consulting expertise for Cisco products, choose a topic:

• Introduction to Progent's Cisco Expertise
• Fast Remote Assistance from a Cisco CCIE Consultant
• Cisco Firepower Firewalls: Configuration and Management Support
• ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with Cisco Firepower Services: Setup and Troubleshooting Services
• ASA 5500 Series Firewall Engineering Expertise
• PIX 500 Series Firewall Consulting Assistance
• Cisco Routers Configuration and Troubleshooting Services
• Cisco Wireless Network Design Help
• Cisco Aironet APs Consulting Expertise
• Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 WiFi APs Engineering Help
• Cisco Catalyst 802.11ax Wireless APs Solution Design, Deployment and Troubleshooting Services
• Cisco WiFi Controllers Support Services
• Cisco Meraki Wireless APs Engineering Help
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and Cisco CallManager Configuration and Troubleshooting
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Desktop Phones Expertise and Cisco Wireless IP Phone Integration
• Cisco Jabber Integration Expertise
• Cisco Catalyst Switches Configuration and Maintenance Services
• Cisco Nexus Switches Support and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Meraki MS Switches Deployment Services
• SIP and CUBE Infrastructure Solutions: SIP Trunks and Cisco CUBE Integration Consulting
• Infrastructure Design for Cisco-based Datacenters and Colocation Centers
• Infrastructure Design Services for Service Providers
• Remote Management Techniques for Cisco-powered Environments

In order to get in touch with Progent about consulting expertise for Cisco networking, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.