Enlarging your remote workforce may have a significant effect on network architecture, security/compliance, and company culture. Progent has 20 years of background assisting small and mid-size businesses to plan, configure, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot IT networks that incorporate at-home workers. Progent can assist your Austin company to select the appropriate technologies and adhere to best practices in building and maintaining a secure virtual office ecosystem for teleworkers that facilitates collaboration and delivers top value. Progent offers services that go from on demand expertise for helping you past challenging IT bottlenecks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out business-critical tasks.

Progent's consultants can help Austin, Texas organizations to with any aspect of building a high-performing work-from-home ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, Help Desk augmentation, endpoint security, backup/restore solutions, and unified management.

Cybersecurity for Remote Workers
At-home employees commonly utilize their personal computers and usually work in an unsecured physical space. This multiplies their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for careful configuration of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user training, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of data security solutions experts can help your business to plan, deploy and manage an effective security solution that guards vital IT assets in networks that include remote workers.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to build a network environment that can be securely utilized by local users and by at-home workers, mobile workers, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders. Modern firewall devices permit you to assign and control different access rights to different groups of users and to scale your IT network and modify your security as your company evolves and as cyber threats become more complex. Progent works with both new and legacy firewall appliances from all major manufacturers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall support services, go to firewall configuration and support expertise.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring for TeleworkersRemote Endpoint Monitoring makes it easy to track the various computers utilized by remote workers and either reject or identify and respond to the latest threats like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint software agent is put on every protected endpoint device, watching all activity and using state-of-the-art machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to detect zero-day attacks before they can spread. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring immediately disconnects the targeted device from the network to quarantine the malware. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoints stay secure even if they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. For more information about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, refer to remote endpoint security monitoring for remote workers.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for Remote WorkersProgent's Duo MFA Services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification on iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected application and give your password you are asked 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 for this second form of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate 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 remote workers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your network to all classes of outside and local security threats for an environment that includes an at-home workforce. Progent can deploy online, automated cybersecurity inventory software for rapidly and affordably uncovering a broad range of security holes that can be surfaced via the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit consulting services, which can be provided by security professionals with advanced credentials such as CISA, CISSP, and GIAC, can help you to audit your operations and governance policies and review your IT architecture to allow you to design top-level protection for your an at-home workforce.

NodeZero Pentetration Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver autonomous testing of your at-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks so you can find, rank, fix, and confirm security vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to use NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can evaluate your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to harden your existing network security and can assist you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides maximum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more information about Progent's threat analysis solutions powered by on NodeZero's pentest products, refer to Consulting Services for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

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

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing an efficient telecommuter solution for your Austin, Texas organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.