Cisco Expert Network Consulting and Support

Cisco's PIX 500 firewalls, like the ASA 5500 Series firewalls that followed, have reached end of life and may no longer be supported by Cisco. Both product lines have been replaced by Cisco's ASA 5500-X series firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent continues to offer expert consulting support to help you manage and maintain legacy PIX 500 devices, and Progent can also help you determine whether and how to migrate to more current firewall technology from Cisco.

PIX Firewall Appliances
PIX firewalls became highly popular and remain widely deployed due in large part to their integration of comprehensive firewall, IPS intrusion defense, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies in a single-cabinet package. PIX offers robust user and program policy enforcement, mutlivector attack defense, and secure connectivity features plus a wealth of integrated protection and networking capabilities such as process-aware firewall services, VoIP and multimedia protection, reliable site-to-site and remote-access IPsec VPN networking, high availability, smart networking features, and versatile management options. The Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series family ranges from compact plug-and-play desktop units for small or home offices to modular gigabit appliances.

PIX firewalls feature a variety of setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting features, providing IT managers the flexibility to utilize the techniques that most closely meet their requirements. Administrative options include centralized, policy-based management utilities, integrated web-accessible management, and compatibility with remote-monitoring standards like Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and syslog. The integrated Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) system offers a Web-accessible control platform that simplifies the deployment, in-place modification, and monitoring of a specific Cisco PIX firewall without the need of any additional software beyond a standard browser and Java applet running on a manager's PC.

Administrators can also remotely configure, monitor, and analyze Cisco PIX firewall appliances using a command-line interface (CLI). Secure command-line interface (CLI) access is possible through several techniques such as Secure Shell Protocol, Telnet through IPsec, and out-of-band through a console port. PIX firewalls also have robust automatic-update features, a collection of secure remote-administration options that make sure firewall settings and software images stay as current as possible current.

How Progent's Cisco Certified Experts Can Help You with Cisco PIX 500 Series Firewalls
Cisco PIX 500 Series firewalls provide an abundance of configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting options which offer you the flexibility to modify these firewalls to match your company's changing needs. Progent's CCIE authorized network professionals can assist you to maintain a cost-effective network infrastructure that includes Cisco PIX firewalls and that provides high levels of protection, fault tolerance, performance, and recoverability. Progent's CISA and CISM-certified IS security experts can assist you to create a security policy that makes sense for your environment and can configure your PIX firewalls accordingly. Progent's security evaluation experts can evaluate the strength of your existing firewall deployment and help determine the overall security of your entire IT environment. Progent's Technical Response Center can provide online troubleshooting for Cisco products and offer quick access to a Cisco CCIE network engineer.

Associated consulting support offered by Progent to help you create and manage a cohesive security ecosystem include project management consulting services, security vulnerability scanning and resolution for all IP devices and applications, network security strategy consulting, bring-your-own-device integration and management expertise, iPhone and iPad integration, Google Android smartphone support, continual network monitoring and alerts, and disaster recovery/business continuity planning services. For complex firewall migrations or other infrastructure upgrades, Progent can help you save time and reduce engineering risk by utilizing the resources of Progent's pilot test lab at the Progent Test Lab at the QTS/Herakles Data Center.

Contact Progent about Maintenance and Migration Services for Cisco PIX Firewalls
To talk to Progent about consulting services for Cisco PIX 500 firewalls, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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• Introduction to Progent's Cisco Expertise
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• Design Expertise for Cisco-based Data Centers
• Data Center Optimization Consulting for Service Providers
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