macOS and Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris Consulting

Viruses and malicious hacking are continually increasing in frequency and complexity. Threats include information loss as a result of malicious intent; Internet-based attacks; security compromises by internal sources; and intrusions aimed at taking or destroying important assets.

Progent's certified security engineers can help your company to defend your macOS or OS X environment by offering an array of services such as running security audits, cleaning up after serious security breaches, configuring firewalls, designing safe remote and mobile connectivity, deploying proactive software for defense against viruses, spam, and directory harvest attacks, and producing a comprehensive security plan appropriate for your company goals and IT environment.

Managing and coordinating intrusion protection and detection along with the capability to restore vital systems demands an on-going campaign that involves a variety of tools, processes, and policies. Progent's CISM and GIAC-premier security engineers can assist your company in your attempts to defend your IT network by offering consulting offerings ranging from security audits to developing and executing a corporate-wide security plan. Progent provides affordable on-demand help, subscription-based managed services, and scheduled consulting both online and on premises to help small and midsize businesses to configure and maintain safe cross-platform networks based on macOS or OS X, Linux, MS Windows, and Cisco products.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection for macOS, OS X and iOS Endpoints
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) is a subscription-based managed service that provides ultra-affordable multi-layer protection for physical and virtual servers, desktops, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses behavior analysis and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and responding to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP's solution delivers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering via state-of-the-art prevention, detection, investigation, and response tools built into a single agent managed from a single web console. Operating systems supported include Apple macOS, Apple OS X, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Android. A single agent protects any mix of virtualization platforms, cloud providers, operating systems and physical devices. To find out more about ProSight ESP and other services in the ProSight family, visit ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services.

Security Evaluation
Progent's seasoned security experts can perform comprehensive security audits on your Apple macOS or OS X network by detecting missing security updates, security vulnerabilities, unnecessary open ports, abandoned accounts, and password policy. During a security evaluation, Progent can in addition make a detailed inventory of your company's network resources, uncover potential Trojans on networked computers, and find out if the OS is publicizing excessive information.

Preventive Measures
Progent can advise you concerning ways to design security into your business operations. Progent can deploy scanning and auditing utilities, plan and install a secure network infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies to optimize the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, establish secure remote access to messaging, files and programs, and implement virtual private networks (VPNs).

System Recovery and Virus Removal
Progent has experience in restoring systems that have been compromised, are under suspicion, or have crashed as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can help your company to assess the damage caused by the attack, restore information damaged by the attack, and allow your organization to return quickly to normal operations. Progent's expertise with security engineering reduces your downtime and enables Progent to suggest proven strategies to avoid or contain future attacks.

Security Strategy
Every business should develop a carefully crafted security plan that details both proactive and response plans. The proactive or pre-attack strategy is a collection of steps that help to reduce vulnerabilities. The reactive or post-attack strategy helps security staff to evaluate the damage caused by an attack, fix any damage, record the event, and get business functions running as quickly as possible.

Progent's expert macOS and Mac OS X security consultants can assist your company to execute a comprehensive risk analysis and document a computer security strategy to enact protection policies and enforcement to minimize potential attacks.

Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Consulting
Progent can give you access to a Cisco CCIE network engineer or CCNP professional to assist your company to identify, configure, and support Cisco ASA Firewalls. See more details about ASA 5500-X Firewalls with Firepower Services expertise.

Certified Expertise for Cisco Security and VPN Solutions
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and CCNP professionals can provide world-class consulting for Cisco's complete line of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and VPN access concentrator. Read more about Progent's expertise for Cisco security and Virtual Private Network solutions.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
In addition to supporting a broad array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers small and mid-size businesses top-level engineering services for solutions from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Services offered by Progent include:

• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Integration
• Juniper Networks/NetScreen Expertise
• SonicWall Support
• Symantec Help

Spam and Virus Filtering and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's email spam and content filtering platform that uses the services and infrastructure of top information security companies to provide centralized management and comprehensive protection for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local 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 acts as a first line of defense and blocks most unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This decreases your vulnerability to external threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage. ProSight Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance provides a further layer of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the on-premises gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and encryption. The local gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that originates and ends within your security perimeter.

Unannounced Intrusion Testing Consulting
Unannounced penetration assessment is a vital mechanism for allowing organizations to understand how open their IT systems are to serious attacks by showing how thoroughly current network protection policies and technologies hold up against authorized but unannounced penetration efforts instigated by veteran security specialists using the latest intrusion techniques. Read more details about Progent's Stealth Intrusion Assessment Services.

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the basic competencies and international benchmarks of performance that computer security managers are expected to master. CISM provides executive management the assurance that consultants who have earned their certification have the experience and knowledge to provide effective security administration and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM-certified expert to help your organization in vital security disciplines such as information protection governance, risk management, data security process management, and incident response support.

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CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP certification through demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included within CISSP include security administration practices, security design and test systems, access permission methodology, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, encryption, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP (Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals) Consulting Support for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's CISSP-ISSAP Premier security consultants are experts who have been awarded ISSAP certification following thorough examination and significant hands-on work with network security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired in-depth understanding of access control mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

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CISA Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is an important achievement that represents expertise in information system security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation requires that candidates pass an exhaustive test given by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security audit professional able to assist businesses in the fields of IS audit process, information technology administration, network assets and architecture planned useful life, information technology service delivery, protecting information assets, and business continuity preparedness.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Expertise
GIAC was established in 1999 to validate the skill of IT security experts. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and institutions throughout the world including and the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance specialists offer support for any of the network security disciplines addressed under GIAC certification including auditing infrastructure vulnerability, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web services security and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions for compliance with government mandates for promptly reporting events.

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Contact Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If you're trying to find macOS or OS X computer security support services, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.