The CRISC Certification for Controlling Information System Risk
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to design, deploy, and maintain information system controls to manage network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you identify, quantify, mitigate, and monitor risks throughout your information network, including both technology and business processes.
Progent can also help you create and implement a risk management strategy based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Areas covered by Progent's risk management services include business continuity planning and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's risk management services are complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-certified cybersecurity audit consultants and Progent's CISM-certified cybersecurity management experts.
Progent's Support for CRISC Focus Areas
The CRISC (pronounced "see-risk") certification program verifies a candidate's hands-on work experience and exhaustively tests skills in specific areas of risk management:
Risk Identification
This area of risk management covers gathering the information needed to create a risk management strategy that is relevant to your business. Consulting services offered by Progent in this area include:
Business Continuity Planning
Progent's business continuity planning consultants can show you how to create a business continuity strategy so you can resume IT operations in the event of an IT network catastrophe. Progent can assist you to develop a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that incorporates scheduled disaster recovery evaluations and testing. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-authorized consultants can also help you create an affordable, non-stop system solution that addresses reliability issues involving a wide array of infrastructure technologies and processes. To learn more, go to Disaster Recovery Consulting and Support Services.
Windows Server 2019 Fault-tolerant Failover Clustering
Windows Server 2019 incorporated important improvements in capacity, throughput, management, security and compliance, application compatibility, Linux co-existence, Kubernetes networking, and hybrid integration of on-premises and cloud-hosted resources. Headline enhancements of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 are Windows Admin Center for unifying the management of hybrid on-premises/cloud deployments, System Insights for taking advantage of advance predictive intelligence to control local networks, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Exploit Guard for host-intrusion defense, container orchestration with Kubernetes, Cluster Sets technology for building and administering massive high-availability scale-out clusters, and Storage Migration Service for streamlining the migration from outdated releases of Windows Server. For details, visit Windows Server 2019 Fault-tolerant Failover Clustering Support.
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery/business continuity consultants can help your organization to design a DR system based on Microsoft's most advanced Failover Clustering tools such as Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade for non-disruptive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for crash-consistent recovery, Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class network-attached storage using industry-standard equipment, Virtual Machine Load Balancing for enhancing the performance and fault-tolerance of Failover Clusters while reducing TCO and operational expenses, and Cloud Witness for easy, economical deployment of a failover cluster quorum witness. To read more, see Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Help.
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Disaster Recovery Solutions
VMware's Site Recovery Manager is a component of VMware vCenter that lets you define, automate and test a consistent process for restoring services rapidly following a breakdown. SRM supports centrally controlled and automated recovery, application mobility, and non-disruptive site migration, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also supports non-disruptive testing for site recovery, upgrades and fixes and can generate reports to confirm complete service recovery, validate Service Level Agreements and prove disaster recovery compliance. Progent can provide the support of a VCDX certified VMware SRM consulting expert to help your organization to design, configure, test and administer a DR system powered by VMware SRM.
NetApp MetroCluster High Availability and Disaster Recovery Technology
NetApp MetroCluster is a disaster recovery platform that uses array-based storage clustering with synchronous replication to deliver rapid, zero data loss disaster recovery (DR) between datacenters that are up to 300km apart. Progent can provide access to a certified NetApp MetroCluster consultant who can assist your business to design, configure, manage, upgrade, test and troubleshoot a disaster recovery solution built around NetApp MetroCluster. Progent can help you to choose an architecture for your MetroCluster deployment that aligns with your functional needs and IT budget. Progent can ensure you follow leading practices for installing your MetroCluster solution by delivering help with tasks such as assigning disk pools, determining aggregate and plexes layout, setting up NetApp FlexVol volumes, setting up Data ONTAP configuration replication service, installing switches, implementing a tiebreaker mechanism, setting up a TCP/IP configuration replication network, and verifying your DR system to verify adherence with information assurance standards and regulatory requirements.
Network Load Balancing
Progent offers high availability load balancing support that addresses network load balancing, load balanced applications, network infrastructure routing, and content dispatching technology including F5 Networks 3DNS. Non-stop load balancing technologies for which Progent can provide consulting expertise include Windows 2003 and 2008 Server Network Load Balancing Manager, Citrix Metaframe and Access Gateway, Cisco CSS, Cisco Content Distribution Manager and ACNS, and F5 Networks 3-DNS. To read more, see Non-stop Load Balancing.
Zero Downtime Colocation
Progent's Data Center consultants can show you how to find zero-downtime data centers that meet the specific needs of your company. Fault tolerant colocation sites are especially attractive to small and mid-size organizations because of their affordability and convenience compared to taking a do-it-yourself approach. Trying to design an on-site data center that offers even a basic degree of fault tolerance is too expensive for the majority of small companies. Progent can show you how to get all the benefits of non-stop colocation centers by offering a complete range of engineering and support services. To find out more, see High-Availability Data Centers Expertise.
Fault Tolerant Inter-office Networking
Progent's multi-site connectivity engineers can help businesses achieve fault tolerant inter-site connectivity via fully redundant system architectures with automatic failover. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE network engineers can plan and implement high-availability Inter-office networks supported by non-stop EIGRP network routers or fault tolerant OSPF configurations of Cisco routers. Progent can show you how multi-path connectivity and transparent fail-over can provide affordable 24x7 interoffice connectivity. To read more, go to Fault Tolerant Inter-office Networking.
Fault Tolerant Internet Connectivity
Progent's Cisco-authorized IT engineers can help you build an economical, high availability Internet connection solution that can deliver 24x7 Internet access through a broad array of high availability Internet access technologies including fault tolerant BGP, transparent fail-over, and multiple ISPs. Progent offers Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert consultants to show you how to apply the most advanced techniques for 24x7 Internet connectivity to build an economical, completely redundant Internet interface with automatic failover and other features to deliver zero-downtime Internet access. For details, visit Fault Tolerant Internet Connectivity Solutions.
Backup and Recovery Solutions Consulting Experts
Progent offers affordable online support from engineers with expertise in a broad range of utilities and services that deliver solutions for backing up Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX physical and virtual servers and desktops plus notebooks and smartphones. Progent offers expertise for leading backup platforms including Acronis Backup and Recovery, Backup Exec, BackupAssist, CrashPlan, Double-Take, MozyPro, Retrospect for Macintosh, Time Machine, vSphere Data Protection, and Oracle Solaris FLARs. Progent can help you to design, upgrade, or troubleshoot data backup systems for a range of topologies such as local, edge to datacenter, cloud-based, or hybrid. For more information, see Backup and Recovery Solutions Consulting.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) Data Recovery Consulting
Progent's expert Microsoft SCDPM engineers can assist you to develop an effective disaster recovery plan, implement a cost-effective high-availability IT architecture, deploy a SCDPM-powered recovery solution, comprehensively test your DPM system, educate your administrative staff or local consultants how to maintain Microsoft SCDPM, or provide extensive IT outsourcing services including off-site hosting of SCDPM servers in Progent's data center facility. For details, see System Center Data Protection Manager Expertise.
Barracuda Backup Cloud and Offsite Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
Barracuda Backup is an affordable, subscription-based backup/restore service for small and medium-size organizations. A Barracuda Backup solution can include a purpose-built physical storage device manufactured by Barracuda or a software-based appliance with comparable features but which uses your own storage hardware. Barracuda Backup protects vital company data generated locally, at one or multiple remote sites, or in the cloud. For disaster recovery, you can replicate data to the Barracuda Cloud, to Amazon AWS, or to any location with a physical or virtual Barracuda appliance. Progent is a Barracuda partner and Progent's Barracuda Backup consulting experts can provide a wide range of consulting support services to assist your business to design, integrate, operate and repair a BDR system built on Barracuda Backup. For additional information, visit Barracuda Backup and disaster recovery consulting.
ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup Software for Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
Hornetsecurity's Altaro VM Backup software offers small and mid-size organizations a reliable and affordable platform for backing up and recovering Hyper-V and VMware-powered virtual machines (VMs). Altaro VM Backup can be used for local, remote, multi-site, and cloud environments and also enables cost-effective cloud backup to Microsoft Azure storage. Altaro VM Backup includes high-end capabilities such as Immutable Cloud Storage for enhanced recoverability from ransomware. Progent is a certified Altaro partner and can provide a wide array of remote or onsite consulting services to help you to plan, install, manage and debug a modern backup/restore solution based on Altaro VM Backup software. With ProSight Data Protection Services Altaro VM Backup, Progent delivers a managed backup/restore service based on Altaro VM Backup. To learn more, see Altaro VM Backup certified consultants.
ProSight Data Protection Services 365 Total Backup Solutions for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 provides rudimentary archiving but does not have integrated support for key data protection capabilities such as Exchange backups or greater than 30-day point-in-time recovery for OneDrive for Business or SharePoint. Hornetsecurity's 365 Total Backup provides a full-featured platform for automatic backup and quick restoration of all your organization's M365 mail, Microsoft Teams Chats, SharePoint documents, OneDrive data, and content on Windows desktops and laptops. Progent is a certified Hornetsecurity/Altaro partner and has designed ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) 365 Total Backup to deliver comprehensive management services for Hornetsecurity's 365 Total Backup suite. ProSight DPS 365 Total Backup provides a budget-friendly backup-as-a-service solution that guards M365 apps against data loss or corruption caused by human or system error, malicious deletion, and cyber assaults like ransomware. To read more, visit ProSight DPS 365 Total Backup solutions for Microsoft 365.
Fully Managed Cloud Backup: ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO
ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO provide small and medium-sized organizations an affordable end-to-end solution for secure backup/disaster recovery. Available at a low monthly cost, ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO automates your backup activities and allow rapid recovery of vital files, applications and VMs that have become unavailable or corrupted due to component failures, software bugs, natural disasters, human error, or malware attacks such as ransomware. ProSight DPS ECHO can help you protect, recover and restore files, folders, apps, system images, plus Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware virtual machine images. Important data can be backed up on the cloud, to an on-promises device, or mirrored to both. Progent's backup and recovery consultants can provide world-class expertise to set up ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO to be compliant with government and industry regulatory standards like HIPAA, FIRPA, PCI and Safe Harbor and, whenever needed, can help you to restore your critical information. Read more about ProSight DPS ECHO managed cloud backup and recovery.
ProSight DPS 360 Backup Solutions
Progent's data protection experts can assist you to create, implement and debug a backup solution built around MSP360 technology. MSP360 enables file or image backup/restore for virtual machines and physical computers, supports all popular public clouds, and allows businesses to build a backup ecosystem with a low Recovery Time Objective and a defined Recovery Point Objective. With ProSight DPS 360 Backup, Progent can provide comprehensive monitoring and remote management of your backup environment to protect against data loss caused by user mistakes, computer glitches, ill-intentioned users, and malware assaults like ransomware. To read more, see ProSight Data Protection Services 360 Backup solutions.
Consulting for Double-Take Solutions for Backup/Restore
Double-Take offers a selection of products designed to provide small and midsize companies a variety of affordable solutions for backing up and restoring business-critical workloads including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Blackberry, and Microsoft Office SharePoint. Progent's disaster recovery planning experts have in-depth backgrounds integrating Double-Take products into small company IT systems to create an advanced state of fault tolerance and disaster recovery capability at a budget-friendly price. For more information, visit Consulting Services Double-Take Solutions for Backup.
Why Pick Progent for Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning?
Since Progent is a Microsoft Partner and provides high-level application support for a broad variety of small business software programs, Progent can assist customers to find complete information technology solutions that optimize the productivity of your network. As a Registered Partner with Cisco, Progent offers the services of certified engineers and specialists with expertise in designing, installing and supporting networking solutions built on Cisco technology. The breadth of Progent's technical know-how and Progent's sensitivity to the needs of small companies make Progent the ideal resource for creating and running a cost-effective, fault-tolerant network.
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