Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate remote assistance with network security issues, businesses in Chesapeake Virginia have access to world-class support from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support consultants are ready to provide efficient and economical help with security crises that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited security consultants are premier to support systems based on Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Sun Solaris, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's wide selection of services addresses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, protected network design, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security certifications including GIAC and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent provides online security expertise on a per-minute model with no minimum minutes and no extra charges for sign-up or off-hour support. By charging per minute and by providing top-level support, Progent's pricing structure keeps expenses low and avoids scenarios where quick solutions result in big bills.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
If your network is currently fighting a security emergency, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help to find out how to receive immediate assistance. Progent maintains a team of seasoned network security specialists who can provide online and on-premises assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your security profile to protect against future attacks.

For organizations that have planned carefully for a security breech, the step-by-step post-attack response model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of handling a serious security penetration.

Introduction to Progent's Security Support Services
Managing data protection plus preparedness for recovering critical information and functions following a security breach demands an on-going process that entails a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's certified professionals can support your organization at any level in your efforts to guard your IT network, ranging from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security plan. Key areas covered by Progent's experts include Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Borne Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Protected Environments
Any company ought to develop a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a set of precautions that works to reduce security gaps. The post-attack plan specifies procedures to help security staff to evaluate the losses caused by a breach, remediate the damage, document the experience, and revive business functions as quickly as possible. Progent can show you how to design security into your company operations. Progent can set up scanning software, create and implement a safe network infrastructure, and propose processes and policies that will maximize the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, deploy safe online and mobile connectivity to email and information, and install an efficient virtual private network.

If you are looking for an affordable option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Options include continual remote system tracking and immediate resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with government data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent provides skill in recovering systems and computers that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working because of a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses resulting from the assault, return your company to normal functions, and recover data compromised as a result of the attack. Progent's certified specialists can also oversee a thorough forensic analysis by going over event logs and using a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting minimizes your off-air time and allows Progent to recommend efficient strategies to prevent or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services
Progent can provide the services of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to rebuild an information system victimized by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or Locky. To learn more, visit ransomware removal and restoration services.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way through a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and at night, when IT staff are likely to be slower to become aware of a penetration and are least able to mount a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to achieve inside a victim's network, the longer it will require to recover basic IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to carry out the time-critical first steps in mitigating a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's online ransomware engineers can help businesses to locate and quarantine infected devices and guard undamaged assets 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.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Consulting
Work-from-Home workers commonly utilize their personal computing devices and often operate in a unsecured physical space. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires careful configuration of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user education, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned roster of telecommuter support consultants can help your business to plan, implement and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards vital information resources in environments that incorporate telecommuters.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management offer organizations of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving IT network. Besides maximizing the security and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that deliver maximum business value from your network. Read more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's affordable ProSight portfolio of network management outsourcing services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis technology to guard endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against new malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to manage the entire threat lifecycle including protection, infiltration detection, containment, remediation, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer economical in-depth protection for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, device control, and web filtering via leading-edge tools incorporated within a single agent accessible from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's unique requirements and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that call for immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help you to install and verify a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business rapidly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore product companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of subscription-based management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup processes and enable transparent backup and rapid restoration of vital files/folders, apps, images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS helps you avoid data loss caused by hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human mistakes, malicious insiders, or application bugs. Managed services in the ProSight DPS product line include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can help you to determine which of these managed backup services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that uses the infrastructure of top data security companies to deliver centralized control and world-class protection for your email traffic. The powerful structure of Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and blocks most unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound threats and conserves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance adds a further layer of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the on-premises gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays within your corporate firewall. For more information, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm your identity on a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide selection of devices can be used for this second form of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the OS software, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hardware solution without requiring a time-consuming and difficult reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied one hosting service. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, find and safeguard data about your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about impending expirations of SSLs or warranties. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time wasted trying to find vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized location for storing and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified engineers offer world-class consulting support in vital facets of IT protection such as:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent provides experience with security evaluation software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a variety of comprehensive network scans to identify potential security holes. Progent has extensive experience with these tools and can help your company to understand audit reports and react efficiently. Progent's security consultants also offer web application testing and can perform expert assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major global security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless equipment as well as portable devices. Learn additional information concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth technical expertise for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network products such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst Series switches. Get additional details concerning Cisco Security, VPN and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and VPN Solutions
In addition to being expert in a wide array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size expert engineering services for technologies from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

• Check Point Software Technologies Support
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Engineering Services
• Juniper Networks Integration
• SonicWall Inc. Consulting
• Symantec Help

Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the fundamental skills and worldwide standards of performance that information technology security professionals are required to achieve. CISM provides business management the confidence that those who have been awarded their CISM possess the experience and skill to offer efficient security management and consulting services. Progent can offer a CISM expert to help your enterprise in key security disciplines such as information protection governance, vulnerability management, information security process management, and crisis response support.

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CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have been awarded CISSP accreditation through demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security architecture and models, access control methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity consultants have been awarded ISSAP certification following rigorous examination and substantial experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive understanding of access management mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security consultants can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated 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 offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your organization to follow current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend realistic security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Services
The CISA credential is a prestigious achievement that signifies mastery in IS security auditing. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential requires that consultants undergo a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security engineer trained to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit process, information technology governance, systems and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery planning.

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CRISC-certified IT Risk Management Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA to validate a consultant's ability to plan, implement, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to develop and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on leading practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk management expertise is complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially auditing your IT management design and with the services of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Professional Expertise
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security experts. GIAC's goal is to make sure that a certified security consultant has the skills necessary to deliver services in important areas of system, data, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and government organizations throughout the world including United States NSA. Progent offers the expertise of GIAC certified security engineers for all of the security services covered under GIAC certification topics such as assessing networks, incident handling, intrusion detection, web services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Help
If your business is located in Chesapeake Virginia and you're trying to find computer security engineering help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Hampton Roads Area.