IT Connection Newsletter: Issue 5
Progent's Certified Experts Offer
Firewall Configuration Consulting
The latest firewalls can enforce thousands of security policies and let you segment your network into multiple security zones, each with its own rules. Progent's engineers are certified to support hardware and software firewalls from Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper/NetScreen, Check Point, and SonicWall and can show you smart ways to deploy firewall technology to maximize your security and compliance.
Firewalls range from software-only solutions like the ones included with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to advanced hardware products that combine firewall, VPN, and routing in one device. In all cases, the purpose of the firewall is to enforce your security policies by preventing undesirable traffic from passing between your network and the outside world. Firewalls can block malicious software, unauthorized web sites, invalid data packets, or untrusted programs, depending on the firewall's configuration and capability.
Because of their central role, improperly configured or malfunctioning firewalls can have a big impact on network speed, availability, and security. This makes it important to have access to Firewall expertise. The security experts at Progent have earned certifications from the industry's leading firewall vendors including Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper/NetScreen, Check Point, and SonicWall.
The Strategic Use of Firewalls
The new generation of firewall appliances can be set up to enforce thousands of security policies and allow you to segment your network into multiple security zones, each with its own unique set of rules to enhance your security and ensure regulatory compliance. For small businesses and branch offices, these advanced security appliances can be one-box solutions that provide edge protection, VPN, and high-speed routing for converged IP voice, video, and data.
When properly configured and managed, today's latest crop of firewalls can add significant business value to your information network by cutting hardware and administration costs, improving productivity, and protecting sensitive data.
Network Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's engineers have been awarded the security industry's top certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISA, and GIAC. These experts can provide a broad range of services to help businesses of any size to build and validate a strong security profile.
Security services available from Progent include:
- Security compliance assessment and remediation
- 24x7 security monitoring with real-time alerts
- Security policy definition and automated enforcement
- Business continuity planning
- E-Mail Guard managed services for email filtering
- Post-attack recovery services
Progent's Cisco experts can help you to determine the business case for migrating from PIX to ASA 5500 firewalls, create a migration plan for a seamless upgrade, deploy and configure ASA 5500 Series devices, and set up remote monitoring and management. To save you money and minimize downtime, Progent offers remote consulting and troubleshooting services for Cisco's extensive line of security appliances.
Find Out More About Progent's Firewall Support
To read more about Progent's support for hardware and software-based firewalls, visit Progent's Firewall Support. To ask about Progent's firewall and security consulting services, call Progent at
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Non-stop Clustered Servers Information Technology Consulting
24x7 Clustered Windows Support Outsourcing
Progent offers Windows 2003 Cluster Server support to help your organization deploy non-stop clustered servers designed to provide 100% uptime. Windows cluster servers for zero-downtime systems include Microsoft Windows Cluster Server, Microsoft SQL Cluster, and Microsoft Exchange Server Cluster. By helping you create fault-tolerant clustered server solutions around Microsoft Windows Clustered Server 2003, Progent's Premier Windows professionals ensure that your non-stop clustered servers are configured to maximize the business advantage of your information system.
Emergency Anti-Virus Consultant
Postini Help and Support
E-Mail Guard is a comprehensive solution for defending against spam and virus attacks. E-Mail Guard handles the protection and administration of company email by offering constantly updated spam and virus filtering, policy management, content filtering, and protection against email-based directory harvesting and Distributed Denial of Service attacks. E-Mail Guard also includes tracking, administration and analysis tools as well as outgoing email testing to help you troubleshoot your email system and specify and enforce corporate security policy.
ISA Server 2006 Troubleshooting
Emergency ISA 2006 Firewall Professional
Microsoft ISA 2006 is a comprehensive edge gateway that provides a fully integrated application layer firewall, virtual private network, proxy, and Web caching platform for protecting the Internet-facing applications of any sized business against a broad range of attacks. Progent's Microsoft ISA Server consultants can show you how to plan, cost-justify, test, install, configure and support the any version of ISA Server on your information system.
Internet Carrier Selection Engineer
Consulting Services Comcast Business Class Cable Internet
Progent can provide the affordable services of remote Internet connectivity experts to help your company to evaluate or enhance your ISP services so your Internet connectivity solution matches your business needs. Services available from Progent's engineers include assessment of your current bandwidth use, carrier and service plan comparison and selection, network provisioning, and overseeing a smooth switchover to a new ISP and/or service arrangement. Provisioning can include enhancing current routers and switches and deploying new ones, implementing firewalls, and designing dependable Border Gateway Protocol architectures.
Microsoft Certified Expert SCDPM 2012 and Exchange DAGs Troubleshooting
SCDPM 2012 and SharePoint IT Consultants
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can provide remote or onsite expertise to assist businesses of any size to design, implement, administer, and troubleshoot a backup-and-restore system built around System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager. Progent can help you to migrate from earlier releases of SCDPM or from a different backup platform, and Progent can integrate your SCDPM 2012 deployment for onsite, cloud-based, or hybrid environments. Progent offers occasional support for fixing especially challenging problems, or comprehensive project management support. Progent's consultants can also help your business to incorporate Data Protection Manager into an enterprise-class disaster recovery plan.
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