Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate online help with data security problems, companies in Clearwater Florida can find expert support by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online service consultants are ready to provide efficient and affordable assistance with security crises that threaten the productivity of your information system. Progent's accredited security engineers are premier to support environments powered by Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Solaris, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent's wide selection of consulting services addresses firewall technology, email security, secure system design, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's most advanced security certifications including CISA and ISSAP.

Progent provides online security support services on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum times and without extra charges for setup or after hours support. By charging per minute and by providing world-class support, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses under control and eliminates scenarios where simple solutions result in major expenses.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
If you are currently fighting a network security crisis, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Help to learn how to receive fast help. Progent maintains a pool of seasoned network security specialists who can provide online and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future exploits.

For organizations that have prepared beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack response model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security penetration.

Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Managing network protection and planning for recovering critical data and functions following an attack requires a continual process that entails an array of tools and processes. Progent's certified security consultants can assist your organization at any level in your efforts to guard your IT network, ranging from security audits to creating a comprehensive security plan. Some areas covered by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Prevention, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Borne Attacks.

Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Any organization should develop a carefully considered security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive activity. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive strategy specifies procedures to help IT personnel to inventory the losses caused by a breach, repair the damage, record the event, and revive network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing software, define and execute a secure IT infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies to optimize the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are ready to help you to set up a firewall, deploy safe remote access to email and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network.

If you are looking for an economical option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services feature automated online system tracking and fast resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud-based infrastructure and that are compliant with government and industry data security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration expertise.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent has expertise in restoring networks and servers that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have stopped working because of a security penetration. Progent can show you how to assess the damage resulting from the breach, return your company to normal business operations, and recover data lost as a result of the event. Progent's certified specialists can also manage a comprehensive failure evaluation by examining event logs and using other proven forensics techniques. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to recommend efficient ways to prevent or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Consulting
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to rebuild a network victimized by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or Locky. To find out more, see ransomware cleanup and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
Work-from-Home employees commonly use their personal devices and usually operate in a poorly secured physical area. This increases their vulnerability to malware attacks and requires careful configuration of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user training, and the development of policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned team of at-home workforce solutions consultants can help you to plan, implement and maintain an effective security solution that guards vital information resources in networks that include remote workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management provide businesses of any size a flexible and cost-effective solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking updates to your dynamic information system. Besides maximizing the protection and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services allow your in-house IT staff to concentrate on more strategic projects 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 Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight series of outsourced network management 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: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to guard endpoints as well as servers and VMs against new malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to address the entire malware attack lifecycle including blocking, identification, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time system-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver ultra-affordable in-depth security for physical servers and VMs, desktops, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint control, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent accessible from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's unique needs and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry information protection standards. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that call for immediate attention. Progent can also assist your company to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover rapidly from a destructive cyber attack like ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products automate and track your backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of critical files, apps, images, and VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss resulting from equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, user mistakes, malicious insiders, or application bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection selection include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to determine which of these fully managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the technology of top data security companies to deliver web-based management and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises gateway appliance to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne threats. The Cloud Protection Layer acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks most unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to external attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway device adds a further layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more details, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With 2FA, when you log into a secured online account and give your password you are asked to verify who you are via a device that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad range of devices can be used as this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several validation devices. To learn more about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's network support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the OS software, and the applications. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to a different hardware environment without requiring a lengthy and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single hosting service. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to create, maintain, retrieve and safeguard data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or IP addresses and be alerted automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By cleaning up and managing your IT documentation, you can save as much as half of time wasted trying to find vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common repository for storing and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you�re making improvements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you require the instant you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's security engineers offer unique expertise in key areas of computer protection such as:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a set of automatic system scans to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad experience with these and similar utilities and can help your company to analyze audit reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security engineers also provide web application testing and can conduct thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with major industry security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless equipment as well as mobile handsets. Read the details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst family switches. Learn more details about Cisco Security, VPN and Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
In addition to being expert in a wide range of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of all sizes top-level engineering services for security products from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Help
• Juniper Networks Integration
• SonicWall Inc. Support
• Symantec Corp Technical Assistance

Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the fundamental competencies and worldwide standards of service that computer security managers are required to master. CISM offers executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their certification possess the background and skill to provide efficient security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM-certified support professional to help your organization in key security disciplines including data protection governance, risk assessment, information protection process management, and crisis handling support.

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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP status through demonstrated experience, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge covered within CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security design and models, access control methodology, software development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

Learn additional details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have earned ISSAP accreditation following thorough testing and substantial hands-on work with network security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to assist your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce viable system designs that incorporate compliant security features for all critical system functions, develop effective configuration strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's tolerance for risk.

Find out more about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a prestigious achievement that indicates expertise in information system security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA credential has candidates undergo an exhaustive test overseen by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security engineer able to assist companies in the areas of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and architecture planned useful life, IT support, protecting information resources, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's ability to design, deploy, and support IS controls to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to create and execute a workplace continuity strategy that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to match your organization's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk management expertise is complementary to the services provided by Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially evaluating your IT management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for implementing company-wide security policies and procedures.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Expertise
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of computer security experts. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to provide services in vital areas of network, data, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and institutions around the world including U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the support of GIAC certified consultants for any of the network security capabilities covered under GIAC certification topics such as auditing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Support
If your business is situated in Clearwater Florida and you're trying to find cybersecurity engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support in metropolitan Orlando and Tampa Florida.