Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote assistance with data security issues, businesses in Allen Texas have access to expert troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's online service staff is available to provide efficient and economical help with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Sun Solaris, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent's wide range of services addresses firewall configuration, email security, secure system infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has earned the industry's most advanced security credentials including GIAC and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent offers remote security help on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum times and without extra charges for sign-up or after hours support. By charging per minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's pricing policy keeps expenses under control and eliminates situations where quick solutions turn into big bills.

We've Been Hacked: What Can We Do Now?
In case your network is now faced with a security emergency, refer to Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Support to learn how to receive fast help. Progent maintains a pool of veteran cybersecurity experts who can provide online and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your security defense to guard against future attacks.

For businesses that have prepared beforehand for a security breech, the formal post-attack handling procedure outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of handling a major security incident.

Overview of Security Services
Managing data security as well as preparation for recovering vital data and systems following a security breach requires a continual process that entails an array of tools and processes. Progent's security professionals can help your business at all levels in your attempt to protect your information system, ranging from security assessments to designing a comprehensive security program. Important areas covered by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Prevention, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from Email-Based Attacks.

Designing and Implementing Protected Environments
Every organization ought to develop a thoroughly considered security strategy that incorporates both preventive and responsive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a collection of precautions that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan defines procedures to help security personnel to assess the damage resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the event, and restore business functions as quickly as possible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your business processes. Progent can install auditing software, create and build a safe computer infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies to enhance the protection of your network. Progent's security experts are available to help you to set up a firewall, deploy secure offsite connectivity to email and information, and install an effective virtual private network.

If you are looking for an economical way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Packages feature continual online system monitoring and quick response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with government and industry data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent provides skill in recovering networks and devices that have been hacked, are in question, or have ceased to function as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help evaluate the damage caused by the breach, return your company to normal business operations, and recover information compromised as a result of the assault. Progent's certified specialists can also oversee a thorough failure analysis by going over event logs and using other proven assessment techniques. Progent's background with security problems reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to recommend efficient measures to avoid or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Expertise
Progent can provide the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct an IT network damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or Locky. To learn more, visit ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Consulting
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their own devices and usually operate in a unsecured physical area. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber attacks and requires careful configuration of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of security policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran team of Work-from-home support experts can assist your business to design, implement and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that guards critical information resources in environments that include remote workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of all sizes a flexible and affordable solution for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your ever-evolving information network. In addition to maximizing the protection and reliability of your computer network, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic projects and activities that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
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 cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis tools to defend endpoints and physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely escape legacy signature-matching AV products. ProSight ASM safeguards local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to address the complete threat progression including blocking, identification, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Key features include one-click rollback with Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services deliver ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, desktops, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies packaged within one agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can assist your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your company's specific needs and that allows you prove compliance with government and industry information security standards. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that call for immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a destructive cyber attack like ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with advanced backup product vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a family of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products automate and track your backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of important files/folders, apps, images, and VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS selection include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to determine which of these fully managed services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that uses the technology of top data security companies to provide centralized control and world-class security for your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps most unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound attacks and conserves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance adds a deeper level of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that stays within your security perimeter. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity verification with iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured application and enter your password you are asked to verify who you are via a unit that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of devices can be used as this second form of authentication including a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the operating system software, and the applications. Since the system is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hosting environment without a lengthy and difficult reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, find and safeguard information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By updating and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time thrown away looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common location for storing and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network such as recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you�re making improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you require when you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's certified consultants offer unique consulting support in key facets of computer protection such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for conducting a variety of automatic network tests to uncover possible security holes. Progent has extensive skills with scanning utilities and can help your company to understand assessment reports and react efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also provide web software testing and can perform expert evaluation of corporate-wide security to determine your company's compliance with important global security specifications such as FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security covering in-place wireless equipment as well as portable handsets. Read more details about Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver in-depth technical support for Cisco's complete family of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions including PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst family switches. Learn the details concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Help.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of any size top-level consulting for products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

• Check Point Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Technical Assistance
• Juniper and NetScreen Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Support
• Symantec Corp Technical Assistance

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) defines the core skills and international standards of performance that information technology security professionals are expected to master. CISM offers business management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM possess the background and skill to provide effective security administration and engineering services. Progent can provide a CISM-certified support professional to assist your enterprise in key security areas including data security governance, vulnerability management, data protection process control, and incident response management.

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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered within CISSP include security administration practices, security design and models, connection control systems, software development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity consultants have earned ISSAP status as a result of thorough examination and substantial experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive knowledge of access control systems and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

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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 enterprises with the expertise associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to assist your enterprise to follow modern system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to security engineering best practices, create viable system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose practical security solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's risk tolerance.

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CISA Security Auditor Support Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a prestigious qualification that signifies expertise in information system security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential has candidates pass an exhaustive test administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security audit professional trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT enforcement, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC-certified IT Risk Mitigation Consultants
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate a consultant's ability to design, implement, and support IS controls to reduce network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to help your company to develop and execute a business continuity strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to match your organization's risk tolerance, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively evaluating your IT control design and with the expertise of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies.

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GIAC Professional Expertise
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of IT security professionals. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to provide services in key categories of system, information, and application security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and government organizations all over the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the support of certified security engineers for any of the network security capabilities covered under GIAC certification programs such as assessing security systems, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Help
If your company is located in Allen Texas and you're looking for computer security consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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