Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate remote help with data security problems, companies in Cleveland Ohio have access to expert expertise from Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to offer fast and low-cost assistance with security crises that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited consultants are premier to support environments based on Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, Sun, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad range of services encompasses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, secure network design, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's top security credentials including CISA and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent provides remote security support services on a by-the-minute model with no minimum call duration and no additional fees for setup or off-hour service. By billing by the minute and by providing top-level expertise, Progent's pricing policy keeps expenses under control and avoids scenarios where quick fixes result in major expenses.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do?
In case your business is now fighting a network security crisis, go to Progent's Urgent Online Computer Support to see how to receive immediate aid. Progent maintains a pool of veteran network security experts who offer online and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity profile to guard against future attacks.

For businesses that have prepared carefully for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC is Progent's preferred method of responding to a serious security incident.

Introduction to Security Support Services
Coordinating computer protection plus preparedness for restoring vital information and functions following a security breach demands a continual program involving an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified consultants can support your organization at whatever level in your attempt to safeguard your IT system, ranging from security audits to designing a complete security strategy. Some technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Threats.

Designing and Implementing Protected Environments
Every organization ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security strategy that incorporates both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy defines procedures to help security personnel to inventory the damage resulting from a breach, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to build protection into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing utilities, create and build a secure network architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to enhance the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, design secure offsite connectivity to email and information, and install an efficient VPN.

If you are looking for an economical way for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Packages feature non-stop online system monitoring and quick response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to plan, implement, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with regulatory 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 (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration expertise.)

Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in restoring systems and computers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have failed because of a security breakdown. Progent can help evaluate the damage resulting from the breach, restore normal business operations, and recover information lost owing to the breach. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a thorough forensic evaluation by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's experience with security issues minimizes your downtime and allows Progent to propose efficient strategies to prevent or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Expertise
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery experts with the skills to reconstruct an environment compromised by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware removal and recovery expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Expertise
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their personal computing devices and often operate in a unsecured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to malware attacks and requires careful deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran team of at-home workforce support experts can assist your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects vital IT resources in environments that include remote workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management provide businesses of all sizes a versatile and affordable alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting updates to your ever-evolving information system. In addition to optimizing the security and reliability of your IT environment, Progent's patch management services free up time for your in-house IT staff to focus on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that derive maximum business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's patch management services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight line of network management outsourcing services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and email phishing, which easily evade legacy signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and offers a single platform to address the entire threat progression including blocking, detection, mitigation, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver ultra-affordable in-depth security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alerts, device management, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools incorporated within a single agent managed from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's specific needs and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security standards. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require urgent attention. Progent can also help you to install and verify a backup and restore system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business rapidly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has worked with advanced backup product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products automate and monitor your data backup operations and enable transparent backup and fast recovery of important files/folders, applications, images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business recover from data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware like ransomware, human error, malicious employees, or software glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these fully managed 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 service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to provide web-based control and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne malware. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and blocks most threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway device adds a further layer of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With 2FA, when you log into a protected online account and give your password you are asked to verify who you are via a unit that only you possess and that uses a different network channel. A broad selection of devices can be utilized for this second means of authentication including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. For more information about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, visit Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual host set up and managed by Progent's IT support experts. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hardware environment without a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into one hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, update, find and safeguard data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time thrown away trying to find vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized location for storing and sharing all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you�re planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need the instant you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's security engineers offer unique expertise in key areas of IT security such as:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with security auditing tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a set of automatic system tests to uncover possible security problems. Progent has extensive skills with these and similar tools and can assist you to analyze audit reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security consultants also provide web application testing and can conduct thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your company's compliance with key global security specifications such as FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security covering stationary wireless equipment plus portable devices. Find out additional information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst family switches. Find out additional information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a wide array of security technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of any size advanced engineering services for security products from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's consultants offer:

• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Support
• WatchGuard Technologies Help
• Juniper/NetScreen Deployment and Support
• SonicWall Support
• Symantec Corp Help

CISM Security Consulting Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager identifies the basic skills and worldwide benchmarks of service that information technology security professionals are required to achieve. CISM offers business management the confidence that consultants who have been awarded their CISM possess the background and knowledge to offer effective security management and consulting support. Progent can offer a CISM-certified expert to help your organization in critical security disciplines such as data protection governance, vulnerability assessment, data security process control, and crisis response support.

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CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include security management procedures, security architecture and models, connection permission systems, applications development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP certification after thorough examination and substantial experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP consultants possess comprehensive understanding of access management mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven their ability to provide large organizations with the services associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create viable system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define efficient configuration strategies to provide operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a globally recognized achievement that signifies mastery in information system security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an exhaustive examination administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security audit consultant able to assist companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT enforcement, network assets and infrastructure planned useful life, information technology support, safeguarding information assets, and disaster recovery planning.

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CRISC-certified IT Risk Management Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate a consultant's ability to plan, implement, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to create and carry out a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy that follows industry best practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to align with your organization's risk tolerance, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation services are complementary to the services provided by Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially evaluating your IT control mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for designing company-wide security policies.

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Global Information Assurance Certification Support Expertise
GIAC was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's mission is to assure that a certified professional has the knowledge needed to provide support in important categories of network, data, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including U.S. NSA. Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the network security services addressed under GIAC certification programs including assessing security systems, security incident response, intrusion detection, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your business is situated in Cleveland Ohio and you're looking for network security consulting, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout Cleveland and the surrounding metro areas.