Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast remote help with computer security problems, businesses in Calgary Alberta can find world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's online support consultants are available to provide fast and low-cost help with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to provide help for systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Sun, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad array of consulting services addresses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, secure network infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support staff has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent provides remote security expertise on a per-minute model with no minimum minutes and without extra charges for setup or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's pricing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates situations where quick fixes entail major expenses.

Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
In case you are currently faced with a security emergency, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Help to learn how to get immediate assistance. Progent maintains a pool of certified network security experts who can provide online and on-premises assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity profile to guard against future exploits.

For businesses who have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the step-by-step post-attack response model outlined by GIAC is Progent's preferred method of handling a major security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Managing network security as well as staying ready for restoring vital information and functions following a security breach requires an on-going program that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security engineers can assist your organization at whatever level in your efforts to safeguard your information network, ranging from security evaluation to creating a comprehensive security program. Key technologies covered by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from Email-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Protected Environments
Every business ought to develop a carefully considered security strategy that incorporates both proactive and responsive elements. The proactive plan is a set of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive plan defines procedures to assist security staff to inventory the losses resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and restore business activity as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your business processes. Progent can install auditing software, create and build a secure network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, deploy protected offsite connectivity to email and information, and install an efficient virtual private network.

If your company is interested in an economical option for jobbing out your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Packages feature automated remote system tracking and immediate response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include physical and cloud resources and that comply with regulatory security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working following a security breakdown. Progent can help assess the damage resulting from the breach, restore ordinary business operations, and retrieve data lost owing to the event. Progent's security engineers can also perform a comprehensive forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security problems reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to suggest effective ways to avoid or mitigate new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Expertise
Progent offers the services of experienced ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct a network damaged by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. For more information, visit ransomware cleanup and recovery expertise.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide businesses of all sizes a flexible and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your dynamic IT network. Besides maximizing the protection and functionality of your IT network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your in-house IT staff to concentrate on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network monitoring and management services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoints and servers and VMs against new malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily evade legacy signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud resources and offers a unified platform to address the entire malware attack lifecycle including blocking, detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services offer affordable in-depth protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies packaged within a single agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can help your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data protection standards. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alerts that call for urgent attention. Progent can also assist you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup
Progent has worked with advanced backup/restore product vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and track your data backup operations and allow transparent backup and fast restoration of critical files/folders, apps, system images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you avoid data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight DPS portfolio include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to determine which of these managed services are best suited for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the technology of top information security companies to deliver web-based management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway appliance to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound attacks and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a further layer of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the on-premises gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The onsite security gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter. For more details, visit ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication managed services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification on iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that uses a separate network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be used as this second means of authentication including a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate several validation devices. To learn more about Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and applications hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host configured and maintained by Progent's IT support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS software, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to a different hosting environment without a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to create, update, retrieve and safeguard information related to your IT infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be alerted automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time spent looking for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized location for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you’re making enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require as soon as you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers can provide unique support in key areas of computer security such as:

Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic network tests to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad skills with these and similar tools and can help your company to understand audit results and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web application validation and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key global security standards such as FISMA, NIST, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless equipment plus portable devices. Read additional information about Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver in-depth technical services for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network solutions including PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and integrated services routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst switches. Get the details about Cisco Protection, VPN and Aironet Wireless Expertise.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
In addition to supporting a wide array of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of all sizes top-level consulting for solutions from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Check Point Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Technical Assistance
• Juniper/NetScreen Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Consulting
• Symantec Help

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the core skills and worldwide standards of performance that IT security managers are expected to achieve. It provides executive management the confidence that consultants who have been awarded their accreditation have the experience and knowledge to provide effective security administration and engineering services. Progent can provide a CISM-certified expert to help your organization in key security disciplines such as information protection governance, risk assessment, information protection program management, and crisis response support.

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CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification through demonstrated professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification indicates expertise in an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security design and models, connection control methodology, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security consultants are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP status following rigorous examination and substantial hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access control systems and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your business with all aspects of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide enterprises with the expertise expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create viable system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your company's tolerance for risk.

Learn the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting.

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a globally recognized achievement that indicates expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential has candidates pass an extensive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security audit consultant trained to assist businesses in the fields of IS audit process, information technology administration, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, IT service delivery, safeguarding data resources, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and maintain information system control mechanisms to reduce risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to develop and carry out a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively assessing your IS control design and with the expertise of Progent's CISM consultants for implementing company-wide security policies and procedures.

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GIAC Support Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's mission is to ensure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge needed to deliver support in key areas of network, information, and program security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions around the world including U.S. National Security Agency. Progent can provide the assistance of GIAC certified professionals for all of the security disciplines addressed within GIAC accreditation topics such as auditing perimeters, incident handling, intrusion detection, web services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Support
If your business is located in Calgary Alberta and you're looking for computer security consulting expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Calgary metro area.