Expanding your at-home workforce may have a significant effect on IT infrastructure, security/compliance, and corporate workflows. Progent has 20 years of background assisting small and mid-size businesses to plan, configure, manage, tune, and debug IT networks that incorporate at-home workers. Progent can assist your Boise company to select the appropriate technologies and follow leading practices in building and maintaining a secure virtual ecosystem for teleworkers that promotes teamwork and returns maximum value. Progent can provide services ranging from on demand expertise for helping you over challenging IT roadblocks to comprehensive project management to help you carry out mission-critical tasks.

Progent can assist Boise, Idaho companies to succeed with any aspect of creating a high-performing remote work ecosystem by delivering infrastructure design and configuration services, IP voice troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, public cloud connectivity, helpdesk services, cybersecurity, data protection solutions, and streamlined management.

Security for Remote Workers
At-home workers typically utilize their own computers and usually work in an unsecured physical environment. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware attacks and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user training, and the creation of policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned team of cybersecurity solutions consultants can assist your business to plan, deploy and maintain a compliant security solution that guards vital IT resources in environments that include an at-home workforce.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network environment that can be securely utilized by on-premises users as well as by teleworkers, mobile employees, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders. Modern firewall devices permit you to assign and control different access rights to various groups of users and to scale your IT network and adjust your security profile as your business evolves and as network attacks become more complex. Progent supports both current and legacy security appliances from all leading vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall support services, see firewall configuration and support expertise.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring for TeleworkersOnline Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it possible to watch over the various computers used by remote workers and either block or spot and respond to the latest threats like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a lightweight agent is installed on every secured endpoint device, monitoring all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art AI technology from SentinelOne to identify new attacks on arrival. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight ASM instantly disconnects the targeted endpoint from the corporate network to contain the threat. Because the ProSight ASM agent is self-contained, endpoints remain secure even when they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. To learn more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, see remote endpoint security monitoring for at-home workers.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for TelecommutersProgent's Duo MFA Managed Services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad selection of devices can be used as this second means of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register multiple validation devices. For details about Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can evaluate the exposure of your network to all classes of external and internal security attacks for a network that incorporates telecommuters. Progent can deploy online, automated cybersecurity inventory software for rapidly and affordably detecting a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be surfaced over the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be managed by data security experts with advanced credentials such as CISM, CISSP, and GIAC, can help you to evaluate your operations and policies and review your WAN architecture to allow you to design top-level security for your remote workers.

NodeZero Pentetration Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver automated testing of your at-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks to help you uncover, rank, remediate, and verify cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and delivers optimum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional details about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

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

Contact Progent for At-Home Worker Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing a productive telecommuter environment for your Boise, Idaho business, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.