Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate online help with computer security problems, companies in Dallas Texas have access to world-class support by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online support consultants are ready to offer efficient and economical help with security emergencies that are impacting the viability of your IT network. Progent's security consultants are premier to support systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, Solaris, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent's wide range of consulting services covers firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, secure network design, and business continuity planning. Progent's support staff has earned the industry's top security certifications including CISM and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent offers remote security support on a by-the-minute model without minimum call duration and without extra charges for setup or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by providing top-level expertise, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where quick solutions result in big bills.

We've Been Hacked: What Are We Supposed to Do Now?
In case you are currently faced with a security emergency, refer to Progent's Emergency Online Network Help to find out how to get immediate aid. Progent maintains a team of seasoned network security specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your security profile to guard against future attacks.

For organizations who have planned in advance for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling procedure outlined by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of handling a serious security incident.

Introduction to Security Support Services
Managing computer protection and staying ready for recovering critical data and systems following an attack demands an on-going effort involving an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's certified engineers can assist your business at all levels in your efforts to protect your information network, from security audits to creating a complete security plan. Important areas covered by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Implementation, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Protection from Email-Borne Threats.

Planning and Implementing Secure Environments
Every organization ought to have a thoroughly thought out security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive activity. The pre-attack strategy is a set of precautions that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to help IT personnel to evaluate the damage resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and revive business activity as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate protection into your business processes. Progent can set up auditing software, create and execute a safe computer infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies to enhance the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to help you to configure a firewall, deploy safe offsite connectivity to email and data, and install an effective virtual private network.

If you are looking for an economical option for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Packages feature non-stop online server monitoring and quick response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to design, implement, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud infrastructure and that comply with government and industry security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration consulting.)

Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent provides expertise in restoring systems and servers that have been compromised, are in question, or have ceased to function as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help determine the losses caused by the assault, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve information lost as a result of the event. Progent's certified specialists can also manage a thorough forensic analysis by examining event logs and using other advanced forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security consulting reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to propose effective measures to prevent or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Consulting
Progent offers the services of proven ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct a network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, implementing, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. In addition to optimizing the protection and reliability of your IT network, Progent's patch management services permit your IT team to focus on more strategic projects and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's affordable ProSight series 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 and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates cutting edge behavior-based machine learning tools to defend endpoint devices and physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which easily evade legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to address the entire malware attack progression including protection, infiltration detection, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Top features include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver affordable in-depth protection for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint control, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a unified console. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you specify and implement policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alerts that require urgent action. Progent's consultants can also help you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of subscription-based offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products automate and monitor your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of important files, apps, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you recover from data loss caused by hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned employees, or software glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection selection include ProSight Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Total Backup, ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these fully managed backup services are best suited 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 uses the infrastructure of leading data security vendors to deliver centralized management and comprehensive security for your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service combines cloud-based filtering with an on-premises gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks most threats from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external threats and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway device adds a deeper layer of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite gateway provides AV and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that stays within your corporate firewall. For more details, visit ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA service plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables single-tap identity verification on iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected application and enter your password you are asked to verify your identity via a device that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be used as this second form of authentication such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register multiple validation devices. For details about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and applications 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 Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the OS platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hosting environment without a lengthy and difficult reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied one hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, retrieve and safeguard information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and managing your IT documentation, you can save as much as half of time wasted looking for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized location for holding and sharing all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you’re planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you require when you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers can provide world-class expertise in key areas of network security including:

Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with security evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of automatic system scans to identify possible security gaps. Progent has broad skills with scanning tools and can help your company to understand assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's security consultants also can perform web software testing and can conduct thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key global security specifications including HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including in-place wireless equipment plus portable devices. Learn additional information about Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical services for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Learn more details concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to supporting a wide range of security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of any size top-level support for solutions from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Technical Assistance
• Juniper Networks Configuration Help
• SonicWall Consulting
• Symantec Corp Engineering Services

CISM Security Support Services
CISM defines the fundamental competencies and international benchmarks of service that computer security professionals are required to achieve. CISM provides executive management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM possess the experience and skill to provide efficient security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM consultant to help your enterprise in vital security areas such as data security governance, vulnerability management, information security process management, and crisis response management.

Read the details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Support Assistance.

CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included within CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and models, access control systems, software development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Find out more details concerning Progent's CISSP Support Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier security experts are specialists who have earned ISSAP certification after thorough testing and significant hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth knowledge of access control mechanisms and methodologies, telecommunications and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Find out more information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure System Infrastructure Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 cybersecurity expert to help your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all key system functions, define efficient configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic security models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a globally recognized qualification that indicates mastery in IS security auditing. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has candidates undergo an extensive examination administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Premier security audit engineer trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT governance, systems and architecture lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting data resources, and business continuity preparedness.

Learn the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services.

CRISC-certified Network Risk Management Specialists
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's skills to design, deploy, and support information system controls to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to develop and carry out a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially auditing your IT management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for designing company-wide security policies.

Get additional details concerning Progent's CRISC-certified Network Risk Mitigation Consulting.

Global Information Assurance Certification Support Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC's mission is to ensure that an accredited professional possesses the knowledge needed to deliver services in key categories of system, data, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions throughout the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the expertise of certified professionals for any of the security services addressed under GIAC accreditation topics including assessing IT infrastructure, security incident response, intrusion detection, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your company is situated in Dallas Texas and you're looking for network security consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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