Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

To get fast online help with data security problems, businesses in Dallas Texas can find expert expertise by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support consultants are available to provide fast and affordable assistance with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security engineers are premier to support systems based on Microsoft, Linux, macOS and OS X, Sun Solaris, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent's broad array of services encompasses firewall configuration, email security, protected network architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security credentials including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent provides online security expertise on a by-the-minute basis without minimum minutes and no extra charges for sign-up or after hours service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class help, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where simple solutions entail big charges.

Our System Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do?
In case your business is now faced with a security emergency, go to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Support to find out how to get fast aid. Progent has a team of veteran network security specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your security posture to guard against future exploits.

For businesses who have planned carefully for a security breech, the step-by-step incident handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a serious security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Managing computer security plus preparation for restoring vital data and functions following a security breach demands an on-going program involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's security professionals can support your business at whatever level in your attempt to guard your information network, from security evaluation to designing a complete security plan. Some technologies supported by Progent's experts include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Protection from Email-Borne Threats.

Planning and Building Secure Environments
Any organization should have a carefully considered security plan that includes both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a collection of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The post-attack strategy specifies activities to assist security staff to assess the losses caused by an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and restore network functions as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to design security into your business operations. Progent can install scanning software, create and build a safe network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are available to assist you to set up a firewall, design secure offsite connectivity to e-mail and information, and configure an effective VPN.

If your company is interested in an economical way for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services feature non-stop remote network tracking and fast response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud resources and that comply with government and industry security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have ceased to function following a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to assess the losses caused by the attack, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised owing to the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive failure analysis by examining activity logs and utilizing a variety of advanced assessment tools. Progent's experience with security issues minimizes your business disruption and permits Progent to recommend effective strategies to prevent or contain new assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Consulting
Progent offers the help of seasoned ransomware recovery experts with the skills to rebuild an information system that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware removal and restoration consulting.

Work-from-Home Security Consulting
Work-from-Home employees commonly utilize their own computers and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This multiplies their susceptibility to cyber attacks and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned roster of Work-from-home support experts can assist you to plan, implement and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that guards critical IT resources in networks that incorporate telecommuters.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information network. Besides maximizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services allow your in-house IT staff to concentrate on line-of-business initiatives and activities that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network monitoring and management services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses 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: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior analysis technology to guard endpoints and servers and VMs against modern malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which routinely get by legacy signature-based anti-virus products. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to manage the entire malware attack progression including filtering, detection, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a 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 (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies incorporated within a single agent accessible from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your company's specific needs and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require urgent action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup product vendors 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 backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of vital files/folders, applications, images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business recover from data loss caused by equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, user error, ill-intentioned insiders, or software glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight DPS Ataro VM Backup, ProSight Ataro Office 365 Backup, ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to determine which of these managed backup services are most appropriate for your network.

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 infrastructure of leading information security vendors to provide centralized management and world-class protection for your email traffic. The powerful structure of Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with an on-premises gateway appliance to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. The Cloud Protection Layer 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 external threats and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance adds a deeper level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that originates and ends within your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected application and give your password you are requested to verify who you are on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used for this second form of authentication including an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several validation devices. To find out more about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host configured and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hosting solution without a time-consuming and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single hosting service. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, maintain, retrieve and protect information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about upcoming expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate as much as 50% of time thrown away searching for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common repository for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you�re planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Find out more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers offer world-class consulting support in key areas of IT security including:

Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with security evaluation utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic network scans to identify potential security gaps. Progent has broad skills with these utilities and can help you to understand assessment reports and react appropriately. Progent's certified security engineers also provide web application validation and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key industry security standards such as HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless equipment as well as mobile devices. Find out more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide in-depth technical expertise for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network technologies such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst Series switches. Find out more details about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a broad array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size expert consulting for technologies from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network vendors. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Check Point Support
• WatchGuard Help
• Juniper Networks Integration
• SonicWall Expertise
• Symantec Engineering Services

Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) identifies the basic skills and international benchmarks of service that information technology security managers are required to achieve. CISM offers executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their accreditation possess the background and knowledge to provide effective security administration and consulting services. Progent can provide a CISM-certified consultant to help your organization in critical security disciplines such as data security governance, risk management, information protection process management, and crisis handling support.

Read the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security design and models, connection permission methodology, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity consultants have been awarded ISSAP certification after rigorous examination and extensive experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive knowledge of access control mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can help your business with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with 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 security analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to help your organization to follow modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create viable system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all key system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your organization's tolerance for risk.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a recognized achievement that indicates mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an exhaustive test administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security professional trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit services, information technology governance, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, safeguarding information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Experts
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's ability to design, implement, and maintain information system controls to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to develop and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively evaluating your IT management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM consultants for defining company-wide security policies.

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GIAC Consulting Expertise
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of information technology security professionals. GIAC's mission is to ensure that an accredited security consultant has the knowledge appropriate to provide services in important areas of network, information, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and institutions all over the world including U.S. NSA. Progent offers the expertise of GIAC certified security engineers for all of the network security services covered under GIAC accreditation programs such as auditing perimeters, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

Find out additional information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Expertise.

Contact Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your organization is located in Dallas Texas and you're trying to find computer security engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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