Computer viruses and malicious hacking are steadily increasing in frequency and sophistication. Threats include data loss caused by malicious intent; web-based attacks; security compromises by inside sources; and attacks designed for stealing or destroying valuable assets.

Progent's expert security consultants can help you to protect your Apple macOS or OS X environment by providing an array of services which include performing security assessment, recovering from virus and worm attacks, configuring firewalls, implementing safe offsite and wireless access, deploying proactive software for protection against viruses, spam, and directory harvest attacks, and creating a company-wide security strategy appropriate for your business needs and IT environment.

Managing and coordinating virus protection and detection as well as the ability to recover critical systems requires an on-going effort that involves an array of tools, procedures, and guidelines. Progent's CISM and CISA-premier security engineers can assist you in your attempts to protect your information system by providing support services that run from security assessments to creating and executing a corporate-wide security strategy. Progent provides affordable on-demand support, subscription-based managed services, and scheduled consulting both remotely and on site to help small and midsize businesses to set up and maintain safe multi-vendor networks powered by macOS or OS X, Linux, 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 offers ultra-affordable multi-layer protection for physical and virtual servers, workstations, portable devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP's solution includes firewall protection, alerts, device management, and web filtering via state-of-the-art prevention, detection, investigation, and response tools incorporated within a single agent managed from a single web console. Operating systems supported include Apple macOS, OS X, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Android. One agent handles any combination of virtualization platforms, cloud providers, operating systems and physical devices. To find out more about ProSight ESP and other services in the ProSight product family, see ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services.

Security Evaluation
Progent's seasoned security experts can carry out comprehensive security audits on your macOS or OS X network by detecting outdated or missing security patches, security holes, unnecessary open ports, old user accounts, and password strength. As part of a security evaluation, Progent can in addition perform a detailed inventory of your network, uncover potential Trojans on networked computers, and determine whether the OS is disclosing too much information.

Preventive Measures
Progent can consult with you about how to build protection into your business operations. Progent can install monitoring and auditing utilities, plan and implement a secure network architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to maximize the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, facilitate secure offsite connectivity to messaging, files and programs, and implement virtual private networks (VPNs).

System Recovery and Virus Removal
Progent has experience in restoring computers that have been attacked, are suspect, or have failed as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can help your company to evaluate the damage caused by the intrusion, restore information damaged during the breach, and allow your business to return rapidly to normal. Progent's expertise with security issues minimizes your lost productivity and allows Progent to propose efficient ways to prevent or contain future assaults.

Security Strategy
Every company ought to develop a seriously crafted security strategy that details both proactive and reactive procedures. The proactive or pre-attack strategy is a set of steps designed to minimize vulnerabilities. The response or recovery plan enables security personnel to assess the impact of a security breach, fix the damage, record the experience, and get company operations running as quickly as feasible.

Progent's seasoned macOS and OS X security consultants can help your organization to perform a comprehensive security analysis and document a computer security strategy to enact protection policies and controls to minimize potential attacks.

Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls Consulting
Progent can give you access to a Cisco CCIE network engineer or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to help your company to identify, deploy, and support Cisco ASA Firewall appliances. Find out more about Cisco ASA Firewalls with Firepower Services consulting.

Professional Expertise for Cisco Protection and Virtual Private Network Products
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) offer world-class help for Cisco's entire range of security and VPN solutions including integrated services routers, switches, firewalls, IDS systems, and Virtual Private Network access appliances. Learn more about Progent's help for Cisco protection and Virtual Private Network products.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
As well as supporting a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide small and mid-size companies expert consulting for security products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Support services available from Progent include:

Spam and Virus Filtering and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's email spam and content filtering platform that incorporates the services and infrastructure of leading data security companies to deliver web-based management and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The powerful architecture of Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne malware. ProSight Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound threats and conserves network bandwidth and storage. ProSight Email Guard's onsite gateway device provides a deeper level of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your security perimeter.

Unannounced Penetration Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a vital method for helping organizations to understand how open their IT systems are to serious attacks by showing how well existing network protection processes and technologies hold up against planned but unpublicized intrusion attempts instigated by seasoned security engineers utilizing advanced intrusion methods. Get additional information concerning Progent's Stealth Penetration Testing Consulting.

CISM Security Consulting Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the basic skills and international benchmarks of performance that computer security professionals are required to master. It offers business management the assurance that those who have been awarded their CISM possess the background and skill to provide efficient security administration and consulting support. Progent can provide a CISM support professional to assist your enterprise in critical security areas such as information security governance, vulnerability management, information security process control, and crisis response management.

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CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity specialists who have been awarded CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included within CISSP include security administration procedures, security design and models, access control methodology, software development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP (Information Systems Security Architecture Professionals) Consulting Services for Protected System Infrastructure
Progent's CISSP-ISSAP Certified security experts are consultants who have earned ISSAP status after rigorous examination and extensive experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth knowledge of access control mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your business with all phases of secure network architecture.

Find out the details about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected Network Infrastructure Engineering Support.

CISA Consulting Services
The CISA accreditation is a recognized achievement that represents mastery in information system security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants undergo an exhaustive examination given by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit professional trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, information technology support, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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GIAC Professional Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of information technology security experts. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and government organizations around the world including and the U.S. NSA. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance specialists offer expertise with any of the security services covered within the GIAC certification including auditing network security mechanisms, incident management and response, intrusion detection, web application security and SIEM solutions for compliance with government mandates for reporting security incidents.

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Contact Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If you're trying to find macOS or OS X network security expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.