IT Connection Newsletter: Number 6
Progent's Certified Experts Offer
Stealth Security Penetration Testing
Penetration testing is the accepted method for enterprises to assess their exposure to cyber attack. Progent's penetration testing packages combine advanced remote scanning technology plus the expertise of Progent's seasoned security engineers to offer big-company security evaluations at prices companies of any size can afford.
Security breaches continue to make the headlines as attacks compromise the databases of some of the most prestigious organizations. How hard would it be for a hacker to break into your network? Have you paid enough attention to blocking attacks launched from inside your firewall? Are there fast and inexpensive ways to verify your information system is safe?.
Progent's certified security engineers have developed a set of affordable fixed-price service packages to scan your network for security gaps, report the results, and suggest effective, budget-friendly remediation procedures.
What Is Penetration Testing?
Penetration testing is the accepted method for enterprises to assess their exposure to cyber attack. With penetration testing, the "good guys" use the latest hacking tools and techniques to try to "break into" their own networks. For more objective results, penetration testing is typically performed by trusted third parties, and until now it has been prohibitively expensive for smaller businesses. Progent's penetration testing packages combine advanced remote scanning technology plus the expertise of Progent's seasoned security engineers to offer big-company security evaluations at prices small companies can afford.
Progent's Security Penetration Testing Packages
Progent offers External and Internal security scanning packages, each of which can be run at different levels of intensity. All packages include scanning, analysis, reporting, and recommendations. The scanning phase is managed remotely from a secure Progent site, saving time and money without sacrificing thoroughness. For an added fee, Progent offers onsite testing nationwide.
The data collected is analyzed by Progent's security team, which includes engineers certified by standards organizations such as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the SANS Institute.
As part of each package, Progent prepares executive and technical reports that summarize the results of the vulnerability scan and suggest mitigation procedures. Each package also includes executive and technical outbriefing sessions with a Progent security engineer. Suggestions for improvements are clear and actionable, so they can be performed by Progent or by any qualified security consultant. If any remedial work is requested to be performed by Progent, the work will be treated as a separate project.
Three Levels of Testing
Progent's security vulnerability scanning packages are available in three levels which vary in intensity from friendly, co-operative testing to aggressive testing that mimics the activities of hackers. Level 1 testing, which is the least expensive, scans for potential security gaps but does not verify or exploit them. Level 2 testing is more aggressive and tries to exploit and expand the vulnerabilities found. Level 3 testing pulls out all the stops and includes Phishing attacks, malicious email, MITM attacks, pillaging compromised devices, social engineering, and testing of controls.
An important option for Progent's External Penetration Testing is web application analysis. Progent's security engineers use advanced, automated tools and manual examination to scan your web application for common vulnerabilities.
For additional information about Progent's security penetration testing packages, see Progent's Stealth Penetration Testing Services.
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Top Ranked Microsoft Office 2003 Service
Microsoft Office 2000 Computer Services
Progent’s IT outsourcing services offer economical computer support for small companies. Whether it involves designing network infrastructure, creating an in-house Help Desk or using an outside one, deploying an updated email platform, monitoring your network, or developing a web-based business solution, outsourcing your IT engineering services can reduce costs and minimize risks, permitting network service budgets to grow in a more linear and manageable fashion than is feasible by assembling a bulky, all-purpose in-house network support organization. Progent’s Outsourcing White Paper and datasheets explain how Progent can enable you to create a protected and highly available system architecture for your vital applications powered by Windows including Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2000.
5500 Wireless Controller Remote Support Services
Top Flex Series Wireless Controller Integration Services
Cisco's Catalyst line of wireless controllers simplify the administration of wireless LANs by unifying the provisioning and management of wireless APs, tuning wireless throughput by limiting the impact of radio frequency congestion, improving wireless availability with rapid auto-failover, and strengthening security by identifying cyber threats and analyzing network traffic according to user class and locale. Progent's Wi-Fi consultants can help you to deploy Cisco wireless LAN controller appliances to manage and monitor wireless networks of all sizes. Progent can help you to administer and debug your current Cisco Wi-Fi solution or carry out a smooth upgrade to Cisco's latest wireless controller technology.
ProSight DPS Backup and Recovery Services Engineers
ProSight DPS Hybrid Cloud Backup/Recovery Specialists
ProSight Data Protection Services from Progent provide small and mid-sized businesses a low cost end-to-end service for reliable backup/disaster recovery. Available at a low monthly price, ProSight Data Protection Services automates your backup activities and enables fast recovery of vital files, apps and virtual machines that have become lost or corrupted as a result of hardware breakdowns, software bugs, natural disasters, human error, or malicious attacks such as ransomware. ProSight Data Protection Services can help you back up, recover and restore files, folders, applications, system images, as well as Hyper-V and VMware images/. Critical data can be backed up on the cloud, to a local device, or mirrored to both. Progent's disaster recovery consultants can deliver world-class support to configure ProSight DPS to to comply with government and industry regulatory requirements such as HIPPA, FINRA, and PCI and, when needed, can assist you to restore your business-critical data.
Consultants ransomware rebuild
ransomware data recovery Consulting Services
Progent's proven ransomware recovery experts can help your business to rebuild an IT network victimized by a ransomware attack like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Conti or Nephilim.
24x7 Extended Help Desk Computer Consultant
Help Desk Sharing Consulting Services
Progent's Computer Call Center Outsourcing Support Services for PC desktop technical support are intended specifically for small businesses who require fast availability of a Help Desk Call Center with professional telephone support and full escalation capability but who must work within a limited information technology budget. Key components of Progent's Help Desk Outsourcing Support Services are Help Desk Call Center Phone Support, Optional Remote Access Support, System Evaluation, Problem Prioritization, Virtual Help Desk Call Center Support, By-the-Minute Billing, and Helpdesk Software Selection and Deployment.
Emergency Windows Server 2019 Hybrid Solutions Specialist
Windows Server 2019 Kubernetes Containers Support and Integration
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows Server 2019 consultants can assist your company to design and carry out an efficient migration to Windows Server 2019 using your current deployment architecture or a cloud-hosted or hybrid deployment model. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 delivers significant improvements in capacity, performance, manageability, virtualization, security and compliance, hybrid on-prem plus cloud integration, resilience, and Linux support.
Midsized Business IT Support
Mid-size Office Migration Support
Progent provides IT services for mid-size businesses with 100 to 250 system clients. The medium size business or work group has traditionally been an overlooked part of the market for network consulting expertise. The overhead and service access models of large third-party support firms make them excessively expensive for the typical small business or small medium business (SMB), which usually relies on a minimal IT budget with which to support an IT network whose complexity and capability are frequently similar to the networks of much larger enterprises. Progent's service delivery model, which takes great advantage of remote service, virtual office infrastructure and proactive network monitoring, significantly lowers the network maintenance expenses of a small-medium business while offering the mid-size company with big-company support from certified, world-class consultants knowledgeable in a wide array of small business technologies. If your mid-sized company or small business is searching for levels of IT support appropriate by a mid-size office without paying enterprise prices, contact Progent.
Internet Data Center Consulting
High Availability Data Centers Consulting Services
Progent's Data Center consultants can show you how to select fault-tolerant data centers that meet the particular needs of your business. High availability co-location sites are especially appealing to small organizations because of their affordability and simplified logistics in comparison to taking a do-it-yourself strategy. Trying to create an on-site data center that offers even a minimum level of fault tolerance is too expensive for most small organizations. Progent can show you how to reap all the benefits of high availability data centers and 24x7 colo sites by providing a complete array of consulting and support services.
CIO Professional
CIO Configuration
Progent offers the part-time services of a veteran CIO to provide a broad perspective to help you select and maintain IT technology to meet your current needs and that can serve as a firm foundation for your future growth. Progent's part-time or temporary Chief Information Officer services offer financial leverage to organizations who want to maximize the benefits from their IT expenditures but who are unable or unwilling to take on another executive-level position to their full-time staff. Since Progent is vendor-agnostic, with a large staff of engineers certified to support all leading OS platforms and networking technologies plus a broad selection and business software, Progent is in a unique situation to offer objective recommendations along with expert technical help for developing information systems that match the special requirements of your business.
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