Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote help with computer security problems, businesses in Dallas Texas can find expert support from Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote support consultants are ready to offer effective and economical assistance with security emergencies that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited consultants are premier to provide help for systems based on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Sun Solaris, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's wide range of services covers firewall technology, email security, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support team has earned the world's most advanced security credentials including GIAC and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent provides remote security assistance on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum call duration and no extra fees for setup or after hours support. By billing per minute and by providing top-level support, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where simple solutions result in big bills.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do?
If you are currently fighting a network security crisis, visit Progent's Urgent Online Network Support to find out how to get fast help. Progent maintains a pool of seasoned network security experts who offer online and on-premises assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your security defense to protect against future attacks.

For businesses who have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the step-by-step incident response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Support Services
Managing computer protection plus staying ready for recovering vital information and systems after an attack requires an on-going program involving a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's security professionals can help your business at any level in your efforts to safeguard your IT system, ranging from security assessments to creating a complete security plan. Key areas supported by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Implementing Secure Environments
Any company should develop a thoroughly thought out security plan that incorporates both proactive and responsive activity. The pre-attack plan is a set of precautions that works to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan specifies activities to assist IT personnel to assess the damage caused by an attack, remediate the damage, document the experience, and revive network functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate security into your company processes. Progent can configure scanning software, create and execute a safe network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to set up a firewall, design secure remote access to e-mail and data, and configure an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If your company is interested in an economical option for jobbing out your security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Options include automated online network monitoring and fast resolution of emergencies.

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

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in recovering networks and servers that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have stopped working following a security breakdown. Progent can help determine the losses caused by the breach, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the attack. Progent's security specialists can also perform a thorough failure evaluation by going over event logs and using other proven assessment techniques. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to suggest effective strategies to prevent or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Services
Progent offers the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to rebuild an environment damaged by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
At-home employees commonly use their own computing devices and usually work in a unsecured physical environment. This multiplies their susceptibility to cyber attacks and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive end-user training, and the creation of policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran team of at-home workforce solutions consultants can help your business to design, deploy and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects vital information assets in networks that incorporate telecommuters.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management offer organizations of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your dynamic IT network. In addition to maximizing the protection and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive maximum business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight portfolio of network management outsourcing 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 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 service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning tools to guard endpoint devices and servers and VMs against new malware attacks such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely evade traditional signature-matching AV tools. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to manage the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver economical in-depth protection for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, device management, and web filtering via leading-edge technologies packaged within a single agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your organization's specific requirements and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information protection standards. Progent will help you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that call for urgent action. Progent can also assist you to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business rapidly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore technology companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of vital files, applications, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you protect against data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human mistakes, malicious employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS family include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to identify which of these fully managed services are best suited 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 and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to deliver web-based control and world-class protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises gateway appliance to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based malware. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external threats and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance adds a deeper level of inspection for incoming email. For outgoing email, the local gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that stays within your corporate firewall. For more details, see 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 cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables single-tap identity verification with iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm your identity via a device that only you have and that uses a different network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this second form of authentication including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate several verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's network support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hardware solution without a time-consuming and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single hosting provider. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, retrieve and protect information related to your network infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and organizing your IT documentation, you can save as much as half of time thrown away looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized location for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating 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 planning improvements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you need the instant you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's veteran engineers can provide world-class expertise in key areas of computer security including:

Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a variety of comprehensive system tests to uncover potential security gaps. Progent has extensive skills with scanning utilities and can assist your company to understand assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's security engineers also can perform web application testing and can perform thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key global security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Learn more details concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth consulting expertise for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network solutions such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst family switches. Find out more information concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and VPN Technologies
As well as being expert in a broad range of network security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of all sizes top-level support for technologies from other important firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

• Check Point Software Support
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Help
• Juniper and NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Inc. Expertise
• Symantec Engineering Services

Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise
Certified Information Security Manager defines the core competencies and worldwide benchmarks of performance that information technology security managers are required to achieve. CISM provides executive management the assurance that consultants who have been awarded their certification have the background and skill to offer effective security management and engineering services. Progent can offer a CISM-certified expert to assist your enterprise in vital security disciplines such as information security governance, vulnerability management, information security process control, and incident handling support.

Read more information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP status as a result of demonstrated experience, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered within CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and test systems, connection permission methodology, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

Read additional information about Progent's CISSP Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier security experts have earned ISSAP certification after rigorous examination and significant hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive understanding of access management mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network security, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can help your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

Get additional information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Secure IT Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned 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 security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your enterprise to follow modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, develop efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious achievement that signifies mastery in network security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has consultants undergo an exhaustive test overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security audit consultant able to help companies in the fields of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, systems and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting information resources, and business continuity planning.

Read more information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Expertise.

CRISC IT Risk Management Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA to validate an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and support IS control mechanisms to mitigate risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help your company to create and carry out a business continuity strategy that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to match your company's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially assessing your IT management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified experts for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.

Learn more information about Progent's CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Services.

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to provide support in vital categories of system, information, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the expertise of certified consultants for any of the security capabilities covered under GIAC accreditation programs such as auditing IT infrastructure, security incident response, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

Read more information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Expertise.

Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Help
If your business is situated in Dallas Texas and you need computer security support services, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Dallas Metro Area.