Expanding your telecommuter workforce may have a significant effect on network architecture, cybersecurity, and corporate culture. Progent has two decades of background helping small and mid-size businesses to plan, configure, administer, optimize, and troubleshoot IT networks that incorporate a remote workforce. Progent can assist your Augusta-Richmond County company to select the right technologies and follow leading practices in creating and maintaining a secure virtual office ecosystem for telecommuters that promotes collaboration and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers support services ranging from as-needed expertise for helping you over challenging IT roadblocks to full project management to help you carry out business-critical tasks.

Progent's consultants can help Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia companies to with any aspect of creating a high-performing work-at-home environment by delivering network infrastructure design and configuration services, IP voice expertise, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud connectivity, Call Desk outsourcing, cybersecurity, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.

Security for Teleworkers
At-home workers typically use their personal devices and often work in a poorly secured physical area. This multiplies their susceptibility to malware attacks and requires careful configuration of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user education, and the development of security policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of cybersecurity support consultants can assist you to design, deploy and maintain a compliant security solution that protects critical IT assets in environments that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow companies to create a network environment that can be safely accessed by local users as well as by at-home workers, mobile workers, vendors, customers, and the public. Next-generation firewall devices allow you to configure and manage appropriate permissions to different groups of users and to scale your network and modify your security profile as your company evolves and as cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated. Progent works with both current and legacy firewall appliances from all leading manufacturers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, and Fortinet. To learn more about Progent's firewall integration expertise, refer to firewall configuration and support services.

Remote Security Monitoring for At-Home WorkersOnline Endpoint Monitoring makes it possible to watch over the various computers used by an at-home workforce and either block or identify and respond to the latest cyber attacks such as ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint agent is put on each secured endpoint, monitoring all activity and using advanced machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to detect new attacks on arrival. When an attack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring instantly disconnects the infected endpoint from the corporate network to quarantine the threat. Since the ProSight ASM agent is self-contained, endpoint devices remain secure even if they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. For more information about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, refer to remote endpoint monitoring for an at-home workforce.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo authentication Service Plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be used as this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may register multiple verification devices. To find out more about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can evaluate the vulnerability of your network to all classes of external and internal security threats for an environment that includes at-home workers. Progent can run remote, automated cybersecurity inventory software for quickly and economically uncovering a broad range of security holes that can be surfaced over the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit consulting services, which can be provided by security experts with top certifications such as CISA, CISSP, and GIAC, can help your business to evaluate your processes and policies and assess your IT architecture to enable you to design the highest level of protection for your telecommuters.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform is a breakthrough penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver autonomous threat assessment of your work-from-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks so you can find, rank, fix, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. Progent can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and provides maximum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's threat assessment services powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network
To view or download a white paper describing critical areas to focus on for securing an IT environment that incorporates work-from-home staff, click:
Securing a Work-From-Home Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing an efficient work-from-home solution for your Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia organization, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.