Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

To get fast remote assistance with network security issues, companies in Carlsbad California have access to expert expertise by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote support consultants are available to provide effective and low-cost help with security crises that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited engineers are premier to provide help for environments powered by Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Solaris, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's broad selection of services covers firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected network architecture, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's support staff has earned the industry's top security accreditations including CISA and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent offers remote security support on a by-the-minute model with no minimum minutes and without additional charges for sign-up or after hours support. By billing per minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's billing model keeps costs low and avoids scenarios where simple solutions turn into big expenses.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do Now?
If your network is now faced with a network security emergency, refer to Progent's Emergency Online Network Help to see how to receive fast help. Progent maintains a pool of seasoned network security experts who can provide online and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity posture to guard against future attacks.

For companies who have prepared beforehand for an attack, the formal post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of responding to a major security incident.

Introduction to Security Support Services
Coordinating computer protection as well as staying ready for restoring vital data and functions following an attack demands a continual effort involving a variety of tools and processes. Progent's certified engineers can help your organization at whatever level in your attempt to guard your IT network, from security evaluation to creating a comprehensive security plan. Important areas covered by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Borne Attacks.

Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Every business should develop a carefully thought out security plan that includes both preventive and responsive activity. The proactive plan is a set of precautions that helps to reduce security gaps. The post-attack strategy specifies activities to assist IT personnel to inventory the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, document the experience, and revive business activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to build protection into your company operations. Progent can configure scanning utilities, create and execute a secure network architecture, and propose procedures and policies that will optimize the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy protected offsite connectivity to email and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an affordable option for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services include non-stop remote system monitoring and immediate response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to plan, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud resources and that comply with regulatory security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Office 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 integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent offers expertise in restoring systems and computers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have stopped working following a security penetration. Progent can show you how to evaluate the losses resulting from the attack, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the assault. Progent's security engineers can also oversee a thorough failure evaluation by examining activity logs and using a variety of proven forensics tools. Progent's experience with security issues reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to suggest effective measures to avoid or contain new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Services
Progent offers the services of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the skills to reconstruct an IT network damaged by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, visit ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of all sizes a flexible and affordable alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic information system. In addition to optimizing the security and reliability of your IT network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your IT staff to concentrate on more strategic projects and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight portfolio of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates cutting edge behavior-based machine learning tools to guard endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by traditional signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to manage the entire malware attack progression including filtering, identification, containment, remediation, and forensics. Key features include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver ultra-affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alarms, device management, and web filtering via leading-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your organization's specific needs and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry data protection regulations. Progent will help you specify and implement policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alerts that require immediate attention. Progent's consultants can also help you to install and test a backup and restore solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of important files, apps, system images, plus Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you avoid data loss caused by equipment breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert 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 Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of top information security companies to provide web-based management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to offer advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite security gateway device adds a deeper layer of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that stays within your corporate firewall. For more information, visit ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to protect against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity verification on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, when you sign into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad selection of devices can be used for this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register multiple validation devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Since the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hosting environment without a time-consuming and technically risky configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting service. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, retrieve and protect information related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSLs or domains. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time spent searching for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you’re making enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you need as soon as you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's certified engineers can provide world-class expertise in key areas of network protection including:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with security evaluation utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic network scans to uncover possible security holes. Progent has extensive skills with testing utilities and can help you to understand assessment reports and react efficiently. Progent's security engineers also offer web application testing and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with important worldwide security standards including FISMA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless protection including stationary wireless equipment as well as mobile devices. Learn additional details concerning Progent's Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth technical support for Cisco's entire range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, secure high-speed and integrated services routers, wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst family switches. Read the details about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Consulting.

Additional Firewall and VPN Consulting Services
In addition to supporting a broad array of security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of all sizes advanced consulting for solutions from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Check Point Software Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Help
• Juniper and NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Inc. Support
• Symantec Technical Assistance

Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise
CISM identifies the fundamental skills and worldwide standards of service that computer security managers are required to master. CISM offers executive management the assurance that consultants who have been awarded their certification have the background and skill to provide effective security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM support professional to help your enterprise in key security disciplines including data protection governance, vulnerability management, data security process management, and crisis handling support.

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CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have been awarded CISSP status as a result of demonstrated professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status accreditation in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included within CISSP include security administration practices, security design and test systems, connection control methodology, software development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have earned ISSAP status as a result of thorough testing and extensive experience. field experience with network security architecture. ISSAP consultants possess comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can assist your business with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to follow current system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on security engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all critical system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your company's tolerance for risk.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Expertise
The CISA accreditation is an important achievement that represents expertise in information system security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has candidates pass a comprehensive examination overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security consultant trained to assist businesses in the fields of information systems audit process, information technology enforcement, network assets and architecture planned useful life, information technology service delivery, safeguarding information resources, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Experts
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's skills to plan, implement, and support information system controls to reduce risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to create and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy that follows industry best practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk management services are a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for objectively assessing your IS management design and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified consultants for designing 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 skill of IT security experts. GIAC's goal is to make sure that an accredited professional has the skills appropriate to deliver support in key areas of system, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and government organizations around the world including U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the help of certified security engineers for all of the security services addressed under GIAC accreditation topics including assessing security systems, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Help
If your organization is located in Carlsbad California and you need network security help, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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