Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate online help with network security problems, companies in Allen Texas can find expert support from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online support consultants are available to provide fast and economical help with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your information system. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to provide help for environments based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, Solaris, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad range of consulting services encompasses firewall configuration, email security, protected system design, and business continuity planning. Progent's support staff has earned the world's most advanced security credentials including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent offers remote security expertise on a per-minute model without minimum minutes and without extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By charging per minute and by providing world-class expertise, Progent's billing policy keeps costs under control and avoids situations where quick solutions entail major expenses.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Do We Do Now?
If your business is currently fighting a security crisis, refer to Progent's Emergency Online Network Support to see how to receive immediate assistance. Progent maintains a team of veteran cybersecurity experts who can provide online and onsite support that includes containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future exploits.

For businesses that have prepared carefully for a security breech, the step-by-step incident response procedure outlined by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of responding to a major security incident.

Introduction to Progent's Security Support Services
Coordinating computer security and planning for restoring critical information and systems after an attack demands a continual program that entails a variety of tools and processes. Progent's certified professionals can support your organization at any level in your attempt to safeguard your information network, from security audits to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Some technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization ought to develop a thoroughly considered security plan that includes both preventive and reactive elements. The pre-attack plan is a collection of precautions that works to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy specifies procedures to help IT staff to inventory the damage resulting from an attack, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to build security into your company operations. Progent can configure auditing software, create and execute a safe network architecture, and propose processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to assist you to set up a firewall, design protected offsite access to e-mail and data, and install an efficient virtual private network.

If your company is looking for an affordable option for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options include non-stop remote network tracking and fast resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with government and industry data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration consulting.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent offers skill in recovering networks and computers that have been hacked, are in question, or have ceased to function as a result of a security attack. Progent can help evaluate the damage caused by the attack, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover data lost as a result of the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive failure evaluation by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of proven forensics tools. Progent's background with security issues reduces your downtime and permits Progent to recommend efficient strategies to prevent or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore an information system damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or MongoLock. For more information, visit ransomware cleanup and recovery services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Consulting
At-home employees typically use their own computing devices and usually operate in a poorly secured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, intensive user training, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of Work-from-home support experts can help your business to plan, implement and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects vital IT resources in networks that incorporate telecommuters.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer businesses of any size a flexible and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on line-of-business projects and activities that deliver maximum business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's affordable ProSight line of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning technology to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by legacy signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud-based resources and provides a single platform to address the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services offer economical multi-layer protection for physical servers and VMs, desktops, smartphones, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, penetration alerts, device control, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry information protection standards. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alerts that call for urgent attention. Progent can also help your company to install and verify a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with advanced backup/restore technology companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your backup operations and allow transparent backup and fast restoration of vital files/folders, applications, images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you recover from data loss resulting from equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, malicious employees, or software bugs. Managed services in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Backup, ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these fully managed backup services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security companies to provide centralized control and world-class protection for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway appliance to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and conserves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a deeper level of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more information, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA managed services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a device that only you possess and that uses a different network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized as this second form of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate several validation devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's network support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client owns the data, the OS platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hardware solution without a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, retrieve and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time wasted searching for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized location for storing and sharing all documents required for managing your business network like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, performing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you require the instant you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's certified engineers can provide unique expertise in key areas of computer security such as:

Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic system scans to uncover possible security holes. Progent has broad skills with these and similar tools and can help your company to understand assessment results and respond appropriately. Progent's security consultants also offer web application validation and can conduct thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with major industry security standards such as HIPAA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Read more details about Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver world-class consulting services for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network products including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, secure broadband and integrated services routers, wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst switches. Learn more details concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a wide array of protection technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of any size top-level support for solutions from other popular firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Check Point Software Technologies Support
• WatchGuard Engineering Services
• Juniper and NetScreen Deployment and Support
• SonicWall Support
• Symantec Engineering Services

Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services
CISM identifies the core competencies and worldwide benchmarks of performance that information technology security professionals are required to achieve. It provides executive management the assurance that those who have earned their accreditation have the experience and knowledge to provide effective security administration and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM consultant to assist your organization in critical security areas including information security governance, risk assessment, data protection program management, and crisis response management.

Get more information about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP certification through demonstrated experience, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security architecture and test systems, access permission systems, software development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Find out more details concerning Progent's CISSP Support Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security experts have earned ISSAP certification as a result of rigorous examination and significant hands-on work with network security architecture. ISSAP security experts possess in-depth knowledge of access control mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Learn additional information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected Network Infrastructure Engineering Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your organization to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, develop efficient design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose realistic cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's risk tolerance.

Learn more about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The CISA accreditation is a recognized achievement that signifies expertise in information system security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has consultants undergo a comprehensive examination administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security audit engineer trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit services, information technology enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT service delivery, safeguarding data assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC-certified Risk Management Specialists
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's ability to design, deploy, and support IS controls to reduce risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to create and carry out a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk management services are complementary to the services provided by Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially evaluating your IT management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM experts for implementing company-wide security policies.

Find out more details about Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Services.

GIAC Consulting Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to deliver services in important areas of system, information, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and institutions around the world including United States NSA. Progent offers the help of certified professionals for all of the security capabilities covered under GIAC certification programs such as auditing IT infrastructure, security incident response, traffic analysis, web application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Support
If your company is situated in Allen Texas and you're trying to find network security consulting expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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