Enlarging your remote workforce can have a major effect on IT architecture, security/compliance, and company culture. Progent has two decades of experience helping businesses of all sizes to plan, configure, manage, optimize, and debug IT environments that support a remote workforce. Progent can help your Boise organization to pick the appropriate technologies and follow best practices in creating and operating a safe virtual ecosystem for teleworkers that facilitates collaboration and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers support services ranging from as-needed guidance for helping you over occasional technical roadblocks to full project management to help you carry out mission-critical tasks.

Progent can help Boise, Idaho organizations to succeed with any aspect of building a high-functioning remote work ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud integration, Call Desk services, security monitoring, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.

Security for Telecommuters
Work-from-Home staff members commonly utilize their own computing devices and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation increases their susceptibility to cyber threats and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive end-user education, and the creation of security policies built on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of IT security support consultants can assist you to design, implement and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that guards critical IT assets in networks that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow companies to create a network that can be securely utilized by local users as well as by an at-home workforce, mobile workers, suppliers, clients, and other stakeholders. Modern firewall devices allow you to assign and control appropriate access rights to different groups of users and to expand your network and adjust your cybersecurity posture as your business evolves and as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated. Progent supports both new and older security devices from all major manufacturers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, and Fortinet. For details about Progent's firewall support expertise, see firewall configuration and support expertise.

Remote Security Monitoring and Management Services for At-Home WorkersRemote Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it easy to track the disparate devices utilized by at-home workers and either reject or spot and mitigate the latest threats such as ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a lightweight software agent is installed on every protected endpoint device, watching all activity and utilizing advanced machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to detect zero-day threats before they can spread. When an attack is discovered, ProSight Active Security Monitoring instantly isolates the targeted endpoint from the corporate network to contain the malware. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoints remain secure even when they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. To learn more about ProSight ASM, see remote endpoint monitoring for teleworkers.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TelecommutersProgent's Duo authentication Managed Services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a secured application and enter your password you are asked to confirm your identity via a device that only you have and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used for this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several verification devices. For details about Duo two-factor identity validation services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for an at-home workforce.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your information system to all types of external and local security threats for an environment that incorporates telecommuters. Progent can deploy online, automated cybersecurity inventory scanning for quickly and affordably uncovering a broad range of security gaps that can be found over the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit experts, which can be managed by network security professionals with advanced certifications including CISM, ISSAP, and GIAC, can help your business to evaluate your operations and governance policies and assess your IT infrastructure to enable you to design top-level protection for your teleworkers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver automated threat assessment of your at-home connectivity solution and your internal and perimeter networks so you can identify, prioritize, fix, and confirm security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can determine your current security posture. Progent can also help you to harden your existing network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, remote, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional information about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Protecting a Work-From-Home Network
To view or download a white paper about key areas to concentrate on for protecting a network that includes telecommuters, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing an efficient telecommuter solution for your Boise, Idaho organization, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.