Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate remote assistance with computer security problems, companies in Chicago Illinois can find high-level support by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online support staff is ready to offer fast and low-cost assistance with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to support environments based on Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced guidance for key cybersecurity and recovery solutions like AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide array of consulting services addresses firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure network architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has earned the industry's most advanced security certifications including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent provides remote security assistance on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum minutes and without additional fees for setup or after hours service. By charging by the minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where simple fixes entail big expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way through a network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT personnel are likely to take longer to become aware of a penetration and are less able to mount a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral movement ransomware can make within a target's network, the more time it takes to recover basic IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist organizations to complete the time-critical first steps in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware experts can help businesses to identify and quarantine infected devices and guard undamaged assets from being penetrated. If your system has been breached 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 Are We Supposed to Do Now?
If you are currently fighting a network security crisis other than ransomware, visit Progent's Urgent Online Network Support to find out how to receive fast help. Progent maintains a pool of certified cybersecurity experts who can provide online and on-premises assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your security posture to guard against future attacks.

For organizations that have planned beforehand for an attack, the formal incident response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a major security attack.

Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Managing network protection and preparedness for recovering critical data and functions after a security breach requires an on-going effort that entails a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's certified experts can assist your organization at whatever level in your efforts to secure your information system, from security assessments to designing a complete security plan. Some areas covered by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from E-mail-Borne Threats.

Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization ought to develop a carefully considered security plan that incorporates both preventive and responsive steps. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy defines activities to help security staff to assess the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and revive business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to design security into your company processes. Progent can set up auditing utilities, create and implement a safe network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies to maximize the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy secure remote connectivity to email and data, and install an efficient virtual private network.

If you are interested in an economical option for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options feature non-stop online system monitoring and fast resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that are compliant with government and industry security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent provides skill in recovering networks and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have failed because of a security breach. Progent can help assess the damage caused by the attack, restore normal functions, and recover data compromised owing to the event. Progent's security engineers can also manage a comprehensive forensic analysis by going over activity logs and using other proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to propose effective strategies to avoid or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Expertise
Progent offers the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to restore a network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or Locky. For more information, visit ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home Security Expertise
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their own computers and usually operate in a poorly secured physical area. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware attacks and requires judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive end-user training, and the development of policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran team of telecommuter support experts can assist you to plan, deploy and maintain a compliant security solution that guards critical information assets in networks that incorporate an at-home workforce and hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management provide businesses of any size a versatile and affordable alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your dynamic IT network. In addition to optimizing the protection and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your IT team to concentrate on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your network. Read more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management stack that includes computer learning algorithms and expert services to provide comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact software agents can be installed in minutes to defend endpoints against modern threats including ransomware, known and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, script misuse, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne is always the first EDR response software activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery emergency. For additional details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response consulting.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, concurrent, automated testing of your network to help you expose, rank, remediate, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically deploy so-called tripwires like fake files or credentials to detect when your network is being probed across high-risk attack paths. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to allow you to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent can provide the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your present security profile. Progent can also help you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides optimum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment services based on on NodeZero's penetration test products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Testing Services
Stealth intrusion checking is an important component of any comprehensive IT system security strategy. Progent's security professionals can run extensive intrusion checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT staff. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether current security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event history analysis are correctly set up and consistently observed. Progent can implement continuous autonomous PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, skipped patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to modern versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Testing Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight line of network monitoring and management services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis tools to guard endpoints and servers and VMs against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade traditional signature-matching AV tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud resources and provides a single platform to address the complete threat progression including blocking, identification, containment, remediation, and forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver economical in-depth security for physical and virtual servers, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, penetration alarms, device management, and web filtering via leading-edge tools incorporated within a single agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's unique needs and that allows you prove compliance with government and industry data security regulations. Progent will help you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alerts that require urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also assist your company to install and test a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products automate and monitor your backup operations and enable non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of important files/folders, apps, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you recover from data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, user error, malicious employees, or application glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these fully managed backup services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of top data security vendors to provide centralized control and comprehensive security for your email traffic. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway device provides a deeper level of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more information, see Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA managed services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a secured application and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad selection of devices can be utilized as this second form of ID validation such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register several validation devices. For details about Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hosting solution without requiring a time-consuming and technically risky configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting service. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, find and safeguard information related to your IT infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about impending expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your IT documentation, you can eliminate as much as half of time thrown away trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network like recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're making enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you need the instant you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified security engineers offer unique specialized help in vital areas of computer protection such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with information risk auditing software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a set of automatic network tests to reveal potential security problems. Progent has extensive skills with scanning utilities and can help your company to understand audit results and react appropriately. Progent's certified security engineers also offer web application testing and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key worldwide security standards including FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless appliances plus portable devices. Learn more details about Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical support for Cisco's complete family of protection and Virtual Private Network solutions such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Learn additional information concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Aironet Wireless Expertise.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a broad array of protection technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of any size top-level support for solutions from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Integration
• Check Point Software Expertise
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consultants
• WatchGuard Technologies Technical Assistance
• Juniper and NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Support
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Configuration Help
• Symantec Corp Engineering Services

Get additional information about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Assistance.

CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are security engineers who have earned CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP status accreditation in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included within CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security design and models, connection permission systems, software development security, business processes security, physical security, encryption, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP accreditation following rigorous testing and significant experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

Get additional information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected Network Architecture Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide large organizations with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security features for all critical system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical security models that balance your operational goals with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Services
The CISA accreditation is a recognized achievement that represents mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential requires that candidates undergo a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit engineer trained to help businesses in the fields of IS audit process, IT governance, network assets and architecture planned useful life, IT support, safeguarding data assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC Risk Management Experts
The CRISC program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to design, deploy, and support IS controls to reduce network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to create and execute a business continuity strategy that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to align with your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively auditing your IT control design and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies and procedures.

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GIAC Professional Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of network security experts. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional has the knowledge necessary to provide support in key categories of network, data, and software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations around the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the assistance of certified security engineers for all of the security services covered under GIAC accreditation programs such as assessing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

Learn more information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Depend on Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your organization is situated in Chicago Illinois and you want cybersecurity consulting, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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