macOS and OS X, Linux, Solaris Consulting

Viruses and hacking are continually growing in volume and complexity. Threats include information loss caused by malicious intent; web-based attacks; security compromises by inside sources; and intrusions designed for stealing or damaging important resources.

Progent's certified security consultants can assist your company to protect your macOS or OS X environment by offering support services such as performing security assessment, recovering from virus and worm attacks, setting up firewalls, implementing protected offsite and wireless connectivity, installing proactive software for defense against email and web-borne attacks, and creating a comprehensive security strategy that fits your company goals and network environment.

Administering and updating virus prevention and discovery as well as the ability to restore vital IT resources requires a continual effort that entails an array of technologies, procedures, and policies. Progent's GIAC and CISSP-certified security consultants can assist your company in your attempts to protect your IT network by providing consulting services ranging from security assessments to creating and implementing a comprehensive security plan. Progent offers affordable on-demand support, subscription-based managed services, and project-based consulting both online and in person to assist small and midsize companies to set up and support secure cross-platform networks based on macOS or OS X, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Cisco technology.

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 offers value-priced multi-layer protection for physical and virtual servers, desktops, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and machine learning for continuously tracking and responding to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP's solution delivers firewall protection, alerts, device control, and web filtering via cutting-edge prevention, detection, investigation, and response tools built into a single agent managed from a centralized web console. Operating systems supported include Apple macOS, Apple OS X, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Android. A single agent protects any combination of virtualization platforms, cloud providers, operating systems and physical endpoints. To learn more about ProSight ESP and other services in the ProSight product suite, visit ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services.

Security Evaluation
Progent's seasoned security consultants can carry out extensive audits on your Apple macOS or OS X environment by detecting outdated or missing security updates, security vulnerabilities, unnecessary open ports, abandoned accounts, and password strength. During a security assessment, Progent can also perform a detailed inventory of your network resources, detect potential Trojans on networked computers, and find out if the OS is disclosing excessive information.

Prevention
Progent can advise you about ways to build security into your business operations. Progent can deploy scanning and security assessment utilities, define and implement a secure network infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies to optimize the security of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, facilitate secure offsite access to email, files and applications, and establish VPNs.

System Recovery and Virus Cleanup
Progent has experience in restoring systems that have been compromised, are suspect, or have failed because a security breakdown. Progent can help you to assess the damage caused by the attack, recover information damaged by the breach, and enable your organization to get back quickly to regular operations. Progent's expertise with security solutions minimizes your downtime and enables Progent to propose efficient ways to prevent or defuse future attacks.

Security Strategy
Every business ought to have a carefully thought out security plan that details both protection and reactive plans. The protective or pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that help to reduce exposure. The reactive or recovery plan enables security personnel to evaluate the damage caused by an attack, fix any damage, document the experience, and have company functions running as soon as feasible.

Progent's expert macOS and OS X security engineers can assist your organization to execute a full risk evaluation and define a network security strategy to enact protection policies and controls to minimize future attacks.

Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Consulting
Progent can give you access to a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to assist you to select, configure, and support Cisco ASA and PIX Firewall appliances. Find out more about Cisco ASA 5500-X Firewalls with Firepower expertise.

Certified Consulting for Cisco Protection and VPN Products
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers and CCNP professionals can provide in-depth help for Cisco's entire range of security and Virtual Private Network solutions including integrated services routers, Catalyst switches, firewalls, IDS systems, and VPN access concentrator. Learn more about Progent's expertise for Cisco security and Virtual Private Network technology.

Other Firewall and VPN Solutions
As well as supporting a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers small organizations top-level engineering services for technologies from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Support services available from Progent include:

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

Inbound and Outbound Spam and Virus Filtering and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's email spam and content filtering solution that incorporates the services and infrastructure of top information security companies to provide web-based management and comprehensive protection for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway device to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and blocks the vast majority of threats from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. ProSight Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall.

Unannounced Penetration Testing Consulting
Stealth penetration testing is a vital method for helping businesses to determine how open their IT environments are to serious attacks by testing how effectively current network security procedures and technologies stand up to authorized but unpublicized intrusion attempts instigated by veteran security engineers using advanced hacking methods. Get more information concerning Progent's Unannounced Penetration Assessment Consulting.

CISM Security Consulting Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager defines the basic competencies and international standards of service that IT security professionals are required to achieve. CISM offers business management the assurance that those who have earned their accreditation have the background and knowledge to offer efficient security management and consulting support. Progent can offer a CISM support professional to assist your enterprise in key security disciplines including information protection governance, risk management, information security process control, and incident handling support.

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CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP certification through verified professional work, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered within CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and test systems, connection control methodology, software development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Learn more information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Consulting Support for Protected IT Architecture
Progent's CISSP-ISSAP Premier security consultants are consultants who have been awarded ISSAP certification after rigorous testing and extensive hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive knowledge of access control mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

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CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a recognized achievement that signifies expertise in information system security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation requires that consultants pass an exhaustive examination given by the ISACA international professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security engineer able to assist businesses in the fields of information systems audit services, information technology administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, information technology service delivery, safeguarding information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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GIAC Support Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of network security professionals. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and government organizations throughout the world including and the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance consultants offer expertise with any of the network security services covered within the GIAC accreditation including auditing network vulnerability, security incident management and response, intrusion detection, web application security and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions for compliance with government requirements for reporting incidents.

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Contact Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If you're looking for macOS or OS X security consulting expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.