If you run a multi-platform network that combines UNIX and Windows servers, Progent provides security support by providing a CISSP-certified network consultant to assist your entire enterprise in a broad set of security areas. CISSP Certification denotes mastery of a global standard for data security. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has awarded the CISSP credential accreditation in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Progent can give you access to a CISSP-certified professional to help your company in a variety security areas including:

  • Security Administration Procedures
  • Security Architecture and Paradigms
  • Access Control Solutions and Methodology
  • Software Development Security
  • Secure Operations
  • Physical Security
  • Data Encryption
  • Telecommunications, LAN and Internet Security
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Crime Law, Investigation and Ethics

Security Administration Procedures
Security administration entails the determination of a company's most important information and the development, recording, and carrying out of policies, procedures, standards. Management tools that include information classification and risk assessment can be used to determine potential threats, categorize assets, and evaluate security weaknesses so that appropriate measures can be put in place.

Security Infrastructure and Paradigms
This concerns the principles, structures, and standards followed to design, monitor, and protect OS platforms, equipment, networks, and applications as well as the controls utilized to enforce various degrees of robustness, integrity, and confidentiality.

Access Control Solutions and Processes
Access controls are a set of technologies that operate together to build a security architecture to protect the assets of the information system.

Software Development Security
This addresses the important security concepts related to software development. Applications development security defines the circumstances where software is designed and developed and elucidates the critical role software has in ensuring IT network security.

Operations Security
Operations security involves identifying the controls over equipment, data storage, and the operators and administrators with access privileges to any of these assets. Audit and tracking are the tools and facilities that allow the identification of security-relevant events and subsequent actions to discover the essential elements and report the associated data to the designated individual, group, or mechanism.

Site Security
Physical security addresses protection techniques for the whole facility, from the outside perimeter to the inside office space, including all of the IT system resources.

Data Encryption
Data Encryption entails the concepts, means, and processes of cloaking information to preserve its integrity, privacy, and authenticity.

Telecom, LAN and Internet Security
This area involves:

  • Network Infrastructure
  • Transmission methods
  • Transport formats
  • Security measures implemented to ensure reliability, consistency, and privacy
  • Authentication for transmissions over private and public communications networks and media.

Disaster Recovery Planning
The Business Continuity Plan addresses the protection and recovery of business operations after outages.

Crime Law, Investigation and Ethics
This involves:

  • Information system crime regulations
  • The procedures followed and mechanisms used to investigate information system crime incidents

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Progent's Microsoft, Cisco, and Applications Expertise
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified professionals provide businesses in the , San Jose, and in cities across the United States a wide range of knowledge concerning the basic information technology requirements common to most small and mid-size business networks. Progent's core consulting areas include system support, Microsoft Exchange help, system security support and Help Desk consulting and support. Progent's Application Experts Group offers deep knowledge of strategic application areas. By providing a single source for information technology generalists and experts, Progent can deliver quick, affordable and comprehensive IT solutions that address the exact requirements of your business.

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