Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote help with computer security issues, companies in Bellevue Washington can find expert troubleshooting from Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to provide effective and affordable assistance with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's security engineers are premier to support environments based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, Solaris, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's wide range of consulting services covers firewall configuration, email security, secure network architecture, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's support team has been awarded the industry's most advanced security certifications including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent offers online security help on a by-the-minute model with no minimum times and without extra fees for setup or off-hour support. By charging by the minute and by providing top-level expertise, Progent's billing structure keeps costs under control and avoids scenarios where quick solutions result in major expenses.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Can We Do Now?
In case your business is now faced with a network security crisis, refer to Progent's Emergency Online Network Support to find out how to get fast assistance. Progent has a pool of veteran network security specialists who offer remote and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future exploits.

For organizations that have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the formal incident response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of responding to a serious security attack.

Introduction to Progent's Security Services
Coordinating data protection plus preparedness for restoring vital data and functions after a security breach requires an on-going program involving an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's certified security consultants can support your business at all levels in your efforts to safeguard your information network, ranging from security assessments to designing a comprehensive security strategy. Important technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Threats.

Planning and Implementing Secure Environments
Any company should develop a carefully thought out security strategy that includes both proactive and responsive activity. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy specifies procedures to help security staff to evaluate the losses resulting from a breach, repair the damage, record the event, and restore network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to design security into your business processes. Progent can install scanning utilities, define and build a secure network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will enhance the safety of your information system. Progent's security professionals are available to assist you to configure a firewall, design secure offsite access to e-mail and data, and configure an efficient VPN.

If your company is looking for an economical option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options include continual remote server tracking and immediate resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud-based resources and that comply with government and industry data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration consulting.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have ceased to function as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help determine the damage caused by the attack, restore ordinary functions, and retrieve information lost owing to the event. Progent's certified engineers can also manage a comprehensive failure analysis by going over event logs and using a variety of advanced assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues minimizes your business disruption and allows Progent to recommend effective measures to prevent or contain future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Services
Progent can provide the services of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the skills to rebuild a network compromised by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, visit ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Expertise
At-home staff members commonly use their own computers and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware attacks and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, extensive user training, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned team of telecommuter solutions consultants can help you to design, deploy and maintain a compliant security solution that protects vital information assets in networks that incorporate telecommuters.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and affordable alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking updates to your dynamic IT network. In addition to optimizing the security and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT staff to concentrate on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive maximum business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's patch management support services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight line of outsourced network management services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis technology to defend endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely escape traditional signature-based AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to manage the entire malware attack lifecycle including filtering, identification, mitigation, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering via cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can assist you to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your organization's specific needs and that helps you prove compliance with government and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also assist your company to set up and test a backup and restore system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Exchange filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your backup operations and enable non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of vital files, apps, images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you protect against data loss caused by equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or application glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security vendors to provide web-based management and world-class security for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway device to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. The Cloud Protection Layer serves as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to external threats and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite gateway provides AV and anti-spam filtering, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against password theft by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, whenever you log into a secured application and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are via a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad range of devices can be used for this added means of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple verification devices. To find out more about Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and maintained by Progent's network support professionals. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hardware environment without requiring a time-consuming and technically risky reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, find and protect data about your IT infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted automatically about impending expirations of SSLs or warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your IT documentation, you can eliminate as much as half of time spent looking for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized repository for holding and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure like recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT data. Whether you're planning improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require the instant you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified security engineers can provide world-class expertise in vital areas of IT protection including:

Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for performing a set of automatic system scans to reveal potential security problems. Progent has extensive skills with these and similar tools and can help your company to understand audit results and respond appropriately. Progent's security engineers also offer web application testing and can conduct expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with major industry security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless appliances plus mobile handsets. Learn the details about Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical expertise for Cisco's complete family of protection and VPN products including PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst Series switches. Read more details concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
As well as being expert in a broad range of protection solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of all sizes top-level consulting for products from other important firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Check Point Software Technologies Consulting
• WatchGuard Technical Assistance
• Juniper Networks Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Expertise
• Symantec Engineering Services

CISM Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager defines the fundamental skills and worldwide benchmarks of service that information security professionals are required to achieve. CISM provides executive management the confidence that consultants who have been awarded their certification have the experience and knowledge to provide efficient security administration and engineering services. Progent can provide a CISM support professional to help your organization in key security areas including data protection governance, risk management, data security program control, and incident handling management.

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CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity specialists who have been awarded CISSP status as a result of verified experience, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included under CISSP include cybersecurity administration practices, security architecture and test systems, access permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts have earned ISSAP status after thorough testing and extensive hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth understanding of access management mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide enterprises with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to help your enterprise to follow modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, develop efficient configuration strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

Find out more about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting.

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is an important qualification that indicates expertise in network security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has consultants undergo an extensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Premier security engineer trained to help businesses in the fields of IS audit services, information technology governance, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT support, safeguarding information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC Network Risk Management Experts
The CRISC program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's skills to design, implement, and support information system controls to reduce risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to create and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk management expertise is complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for objectively auditing your IS control mechanisms and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified experts for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of computer security engineers. GIAC's goal is to ensure that an accredited security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to provide services in important areas of network, data, and program security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and institutions around the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the expertise of certified consultants for all of the security services covered within GIAC accreditation programs including assessing perimeters, incident response, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Support
If your organization is situated in Bellevue Washington and you're trying to find computer security help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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