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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Hybrid cloud integration Specialist
24 Hour Google Cloud hybrid integration Programmer
Progent can assist your IT team to design and administer hybrid ecosystems that can include Windows and Linux operating systems and apps in either cloud-centric systems or in hybrid topologies that seamlessly combine physical IT assets as well as one or more public cloud services. To assist you to incorporate cloud services with networks, Progent offers a range of cloud migration support services that include Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud design and integration consulting, Amazon Web Services cloud integration, and Amazon Web Marketing Service programming and debugging. Progent has 20 years of experience delivering advanced consulting expertise online, and Progent can make sure you complete your cloud migration initiatives quickly and within your budget.
Intrusion Protection Systems Technical Support Services
IPsec VPN Cybersecurity Firm
Progent provides organizations of any size professional support for Intrusion Protection products and IPsec VPN solutions from major firewall and Virtual Private Network security vendors including Palo Alto Networks, Check Point Software, Juniper, Fortinet, and SonicWall. Progent can help you design a comprehensive security strategy and choose the right products from multiple suppliers to achieve your security goals while sticking within your spending restraints.
Integration Redundant Internet
Zero Downtime Network IT Services
Progent's high availability system consultants offer non-stop computing consulting, disaster recovery planning, network load balancing, non-stop interoffice connectivity, high-availability Internet connection design, high-availability data center services, and other 24x7 networking consulting to show your company design a 24x7 environment for strategic applications. Progent possesses the knowledge and experience to design affordable, high-availability systems by utilizing the expanding library of Microsoft Windows Cluster servers such as Windows 2003 Cluster Server, SQL Server Cluster, and Exchange Cluster Server. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco authorized consultants can show you how to you design a fault tolerant mutli-site network with a fully redundant Internet connection and efficient network load balancing.
Largest MFA and Single Sign-on Integration Services
Duo Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Help and Support
Progent's Duo service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices.
Aironet Wave 2 AP Outsourcing
Aironet Access Point Management IT Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless infrastructure consultants offer online or onsite configuration and debugging support to assist your organization to design, implement, update, tune, administer and troubleshoot Aironet Wi-Fi AP deployments of any scale or topology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller experts can also help you to integrate your Wi-Fi ecosystem with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-based resources to build an enterprise-wide connectivity solution that is simple to manage and expand. Progent also can provide affordable Wi-Fi site surveys to help you to decide the most appropriate selection, placement and setup of Aironet Wi-Fi APs to accommodate your specific office design, building structure, and anticipated workloads.
School Wireless Case Study
Wireless Integration Case Studies
Progent provided a wireless integration environment that enabled a school to improve productivity and eliminate the recurring costs of a dedicated link. Progent proposed a Proxim Tsunami high-speed wireless bridge. The low-cost building-to-building Proxim wireless bridge is intended for interfacing separate sites up to 2.5 miles apart and can reach even longer distances. This wireless solution offered improved bandwidth and dependability than recourse to amplifying the 802.11b wireless network, and because it uses the 5.8Ghz spectrum it provided protection against outside interference.
Fortinet 40 Series Firewalls Computer Engineer
Top Fortinet Firewall Migration Consulting Services
Fortinet FortiGate next-generation firewalls are industry leaders in offering best-in-class throughput for encrypted data inspection. Progent's Fortinet FortiGate firewall consultants can help your business to deploy your Fortinet FortiGate security appliances to safeguard all your IT resources at the network edge, within the data center, at branch locations, and in the cloud.
Windows 8.1 DirectAccess Network Help
Top Quality Windows 8.1 DirectAccess Small Business IT Consulting Companies
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can provide a range of consulting services to help companies of any size to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot IT systems that include desktops, notebooks, tablets, or Windows phones based on Microsoft Windows 8.1. For larger organizations, Progent's experienced project management consultants can help create testing labs to assess Windows 8.1 and plan and implement Windows 8.1 migration projects following leading practices.
Network Consultant Fortinet Firewall URL Filtering
Support and Setup Fortinet 4000 Series Firewalls
Fortinet FortiGate next-generation firewalls are industry leaders in delivering top throughput for SSL/TLS inspection. Progent's Fortinet FortiGate firewall consultants can assist your business to configure your Fortinet security appliances to protect all your IT assets at the network perimeter, within the data center core, at branch locations, and in the cloud.
CISM Consultants
Top Ranked CISM Certified Cybersecurity Management Consultant
Progent can provide the expertise of CISM Certified security professionals. The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) organization describes the core competencies and international standards of performance that IT security professionals are expected to learn. It gives executive management the assurance that consultants who have earned their CISM credential possess the background and capability to provide effective security administration and consulting services.
Cisco ASA Firewall with Firepower Consulting Services
Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewalls IT Services
Cisco's Firepower NGFWs Firewalls deliver a major performance improvement over Cisco's previous-generation ASA 5500-X security appliances and offer centralized management of advanced security capabilities like application visibility, next-generation intrusion protection (NGIPS) with intelligent prioritization of risks, advanced malware protection, URL filtering, and multi-node sandboxing. Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified firewall consultants can help you to plan and carry out an efficient migration to Cisco Firepower firewalls from Cisco's from ASA 5500-X, ASA 5500, or PIX appliances and help you integrate Firepower firewalls with Cisco's subscription-based security services to build and centrally control IT ecosystems that span local offices, data centers, private clouds and public clouds.
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