For immediate online assistance with network security issues, companies in Cambridge United Kingdom have access to world-class expertise by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online service consultants are available to provide efficient and affordable assistance with security issues that threaten the productivity of your information system. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to support environments powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver expert help for key security and recovery technologies like AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide selection of services encompasses firewall expertise, email security, protected network architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's support staff has been awarded the world's top security credentials including GIAC and CISSP.
Progent provides remote security support on a per-minute model with no minimum minutes and no additional charges for setup or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by providing top-level support, Progent's pricing structure keeps expenses under control and avoids situations where simple fixes entail major bills.
Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when IT staff are likely to take longer to recognize a breach and are least able to mount a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage within a victim's system, the more time it will require to restore core IT services and damaged files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to assist organizations to complete the urgent first steps in responding to a ransomware attack by containing the malware. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist you to locate and quarantine breached devices and protect undamaged resources from being compromised. If your system has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.
Our System Has Been Attacked: What Can We Do Now?
If your network is currently experiencing a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Online Computer Support to find out how to get fast help. Progent maintains a team of seasoned network security specialists who can provide remote and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future exploits.
For companies that have planned in advance for a security breech, the step-by-step incident handling procedure promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of handling a major security attack.
Overview of Security Expertise
Managing network security plus staying ready for restoring critical data and functions after an attack requires a continual program involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security professionals can support your business at whatever level in your attempt to guard your information network, from security audits to creating a complete security program. Important technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Based Threats.
Planning and Implementing Secure Networks
Every business ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a set of precautions that works to minimize security gaps. The post-attack plan defines procedures to assist security staff to inventory the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and restore network activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your company operations. Progent can configure auditing utilities, define and build a secure IT infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies that will enhance the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to help you to set up a firewall, design secure offsite connectivity to email and information, and configure an effective VPN.
If your company is interested in an affordable way for jobbing out your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services feature non-stop remote server tracking and fast response to emergencies.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud resources and that comply with government data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration consulting.)
System Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent has expertise in recovering networks and servers that have been compromised, are in question, or have failed because of a security breakdown. Progent can help determine the damage caused by the breach, return your company to normal functions, and recover information lost owing to the attack. Progent's security engineers can also perform a thorough failure evaluation by examining event logs and using a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to propose efficient measures to avoid or mitigate future attacks.
Ransomware Removal and Restoration Consulting
Progent offers the services of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the skills to restore an environment that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery services.
Work-from-Home Security Consulting
Work-from-Home workers commonly use their personal computers and often work in a poorly secured physical environment. This multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, extensive user training, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran group of at-home workforce solutions consultants can help you to design, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that protects vital information resources in environments that include telecommuters.
Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer businesses of any size a flexible and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your ever-evolving IT network. In addition to optimizing the security and functionality of your IT environment, Progent's patch management services allow your in-house IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management services.
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat management platform that includes computer learning software and professional services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile software agents can be installed in minutes to protect endpoints against modern threats such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, script misuse, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial incident response tool deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware recovery. For additional information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response services.
Stealth Penetration Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration tests without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration checking shows whether current security defense systems such as intrusion incident warnings and event history analysis are properly set up and consistently observed. Progent can implement ongoing autonomous penetration testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, skipped patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to modern strains of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Services.
Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's affordable ProSight family 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 and compliance. Managed services available from Progent include:
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning technology to guard endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks like ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a single platform to address the entire threat lifecycle including filtering, detection, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows VSS and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's unique requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with government and industry information protection regulations. Progent will assist you specify and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alarms that require immediate attention. Progent can also help you to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Read more about Progent's
ProSight DPS: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with advanced backup/restore technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and monitor your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid restoration of important files/folders, apps, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business protect against data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware such as ransomware, user mistakes, malicious insiders, or application glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight DPS family include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are most appropriate for your network.
ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the infrastructure of leading information security companies to provide web-based control and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with a local gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-based threats. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your exposure to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a further layer of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam and content filtering.
ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo MFA service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a protected application and give your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide range of devices can be utilized for this second form of authentication such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers.
ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's IT support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hosting environment without a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting service. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.
ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, retrieve and protect information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted automatically about impending expirations of SSLs or warranties. By updating and managing your network documentation, you can save up to 50% of time spent looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for storing and sharing all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're making improvements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you need the instant you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.
Special Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's security engineers can provide world-class support in vital areas of IT security including:
Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic system scans to uncover possible security problems. Progent has extensive skills with these and similar tools and can help your company to analyze assessment reports and react appropriately. Progent's security engineers also offer web application testing and can perform thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with major global security standards such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection including in-place wireless equipment as well as mobile handsets. Get additional details about Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.
Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall 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 world-class consulting services for Cisco's entire family of security and Virtual Private Network solutions including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Get more details concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Aironet Wireless Support.
Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
As well as supporting a wide array of security technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of any size advanced engineering services for products from other important firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:
Learn additional details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Assistance.
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security specialists who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP Certification indicates mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security design and models, access permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.
Find out additional information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Consulting Services.
CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security experts have been awarded ISSAP certification following thorough examination and extensive experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP consultants have in-depth understanding of access control mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.
Read more information concerning Progent's ISSAP Accredited Secure Network Architecture Consulting Services.
CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your organization to follow current system security engineering principles and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, define efficient design strategies to deliver operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose practical security models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.
Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting Services.
CISA Security Auditor Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious qualification that indicates mastery in information system security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an extensive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security professional able to help companies in the areas of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, systems and architecture lifecycle, IT support, safeguarding information assets, and disaster recovery planning.
Read the details about Progent's CISA Support Expertise.
CRISC IT Risk Management Consultants
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's ability to design, deploy, and maintain IS controls to reduce risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help your company to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to match your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk management services are complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively assessing your IT management mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM support professionals for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.
Read additional details about Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Management Services.
GIAC Professional Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of IT security professionals. GIAC's mission is to assure that a certified professional possesses the knowledge necessary to deliver support in vital areas of system, information, and application security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and government organizations throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the support of certified security engineers for all of the network security services covered within GIAC accreditation topics including assessing security systems, security incident response, intrusion detection, web services security, and SIEM solutions.
Find out additional information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Expertise.
Depend on Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your organization is located in Cambridge United Kingdom and you need network security engineering help, telephone Progent at