Enlarging your telecommuter workforce can have a major effect on network architecture, security, and company processes. Progent has 20 years of background assisting businesses of all sizes to design, configure, administer, tune, and troubleshoot IT networks that support work-from-home employees. Progent can help your Augusta-Richmond County organization to pick the right tools and follow best practices in creating and operating a secure virtual solution for telecommuters that facilitates collaboration and returns maximum value. Progent offers support services that go from as-needed expertise for helping you over occasional technical roadblocks to full project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical initiatives.

Progent can assist Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia companies to succeed with any aspect of creating a high-performing work-from-home ecosystem by delivering infrastructure configuration services, IP voice expertise, video conferencing support, collaboration platform selection and deployment, public cloud integration, helpdesk outsourcing, security monitoring, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.

Cybersecurity for Remote Workers
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically use their own devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical environment. This situation increases their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for careful deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive user education, and the development of security policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of cybersecurity solutions experts can help your business to design, configure and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects vital IT resources in environments that include remote workers.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network environment that can be securely accessed by on-premises users as well as by telecommuters, mobile employees, suppliers, customers, and the public. Next-generation firewall devices allow you to configure and manage different permissions to various classes of users and to expand your network and adjust your cybersecurity posture as your business evolves and as network attacks become more sophisticated. Progent works with both new and older security devices from all leading manufacturers like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, and Fortinet. For details about Progent's firewall integration services, refer to firewall integration and support services.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring and Management Services for TeleworkersRemote Endpoint Monitoring makes it possible to watch over the disparate devices used by an at-home workforce and either block or spot and respond to modern threats like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint agent is put on each protected endpoint device, watching all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art behavioral threat analysis from SentinelOne to detect new threats at inception. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring immediately disconnects the targeted device from the network to quarantine the malware. Since the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is self-contained, endpoints remain protected even if they are offline. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. To find out more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, refer to remote endpoint monitoring for telecommuters.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo MFA Managed Services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to confirm your identity on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be used for this added means of ID validation including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several verification devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can evaluate the exposure of your network to all types of external and local security attacks for an environment that incorporates telecommuters. Progent can run online, automated security inventory scanning for rapidly and economically uncovering a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be found via the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit experts, which can be managed by data security professionals with top certifications such as CISA, CISSP, and GIAC, can help your company to evaluate your processes and governance policies and assess your WAN infrastructure to enable you to design the highest level of protection for your teleworkers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform is a breakthrough penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous threat assessment of your work-from-home environment and your internal and perimeter networks to help you expose, prioritize, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more information about Progent's threat assessment services based on on NodeZero's penetration test products, refer to Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network
To read or download a white paper about key things to concentrate on for securing an IT environment that supports telecommuters, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing a productive telecommuter environment for your Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia business, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.