Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast remote assistance with computer security issues, companies in Dayton Ohio can find expert support from Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote support staff is ready to offer effective and affordable help with security emergencies that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's security consultants are premier to support environments powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Sun Solaris, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent's wide array of services addresses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, secure system design, and business continuity planning. Progent's support team has been awarded the industry's top security credentials including Global Information Assurance Certification and ISSAP.

Progent provides online security assistance on a per-minute basis without minimum call duration and without extra charges for sign-up or after hours support. By billing per minute and by providing top-level support, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses low and avoids scenarios where quick fixes turn into major charges.

We've Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case you are now fighting a security emergency, go to Progent's Emergency Online Network Help to find out how to get fast assistance. Progent maintains a pool of seasoned cybersecurity experts who can provide remote and onsite support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your security profile to guard against future attacks.

For companies that have planned beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack response procedure promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security incident.

Overview of Security Services
Coordinating data protection as well as preparedness for restoring critical data and systems after a security breach demands a continual program involving an array of technologies and processes. Progent's security engineers can support your business at any level in your efforts to secure your information system, ranging from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Some areas supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Threats.

Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Every company should develop a thoroughly thought out security strategy that incorporates both preventive and reactive activity. The pre-attack strategy is a collection of precautions that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines procedures to assist IT personnel to inventory the losses resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and revive network activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate security into your business processes. Progent can install scanning utilities, create and build a secure computer architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy safe online and mobile connectivity to e-mail and data, and install an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If your company is looking for an economical way for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Packages feature non-stop online network tracking and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud hosted infrastructure and that are compliant with government data security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) planning and integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been compromised, are in question, or have ceased to function following a security attack. Progent can show you how to evaluate the damage resulting from the breach, return your company to ordinary business operations, and recover data compromised as a result of the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also manage a comprehensive failure analysis by examining event logs and using a variety of proven forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security issues reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to propose efficient ways to prevent or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Consulting
Progent can provide the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore an information system that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or MongoLock. For more information, visit ransomware removal and recovery services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
Work-from-Home workers commonly utilize their personal devices and usually operate in a poorly secured physical area. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user education, and the development of policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran team of telecommuter support experts can help your business to plan, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards vital IT resources in networks that include an at-home workforce.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a versatile and affordable solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information network. Besides maximizing the security and functionality of your computer network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your IT staff to focus on more strategic projects and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's patch management services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight portfolio of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior analysis technology to guard endpoints and servers and VMs against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily escape traditional signature-matching AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a single platform to address the entire malware attack lifecycle including filtering, detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alerts, device control, and web filtering via cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent accessible 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 helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that require immediate attention. Progent can also assist you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of subscription-based management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your backup processes and enable transparent backup and rapid recovery of vital files/folders, applications, system images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you recover from data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human error, malicious insiders, or application glitches. Managed backup services 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 purpose-built hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to identify which of these managed 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 and virus filtering service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security companies to provide centralized management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway device to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based malware. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a first line of defense and keeps most unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to external attacks and conserves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo MFA managed services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity verification on iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected application and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are via a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this second means of ID validation including a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can register multiple validation devices. For more information about Duo identity validation services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a fast virtual host set up and maintained by Progent's IT support professionals. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system software, and the apps. Since the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting environment without requiring a lengthy and difficult reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into one hosting service. Learn more details 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 protect information related to your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about upcoming expirations of SSLs or domains. By cleaning up and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time wasted trying to find critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common location for storing and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you need as soon as you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's security engineers can provide unique expertise in key areas of IT security including:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk auditing software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a set of comprehensive network scans to reveal potential security gaps. Progent has extensive skills with these and similar tools and can assist you to analyze audit results and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web software testing and can conduct expert evaluation 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 effectiveness of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless equipment as well as portable handsets. Learn more details about Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class consulting services for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network products such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst Series switches. Read the details about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and VPN Consulting Services
As well as supporting a broad array of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of all sizes expert engineering services for solutions from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Check Point Support
• WatchGuard Technologies Engineering Services
• Juniper/NetScreen Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Support
• Symantec Engineering Services

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Support Services
Certified Information Security Manager identifies the core competencies and international benchmarks of performance that information technology security professionals are required to master. It provides business management the confidence that consultants who have been awarded their CISM have the background and knowledge to provide efficient security management and engineering support. Progent can provide a CISM-certified support professional to assist your organization in vital security areas such as information security governance, risk assessment, information protection process management, and incident response support.

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CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP certification through demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes expertise in an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered within CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security architecture and models, access permission systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP certification after rigorous examination and substantial experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have in-depth knowledge of access management mechanisms and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your business with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to assist your enterprise to follow modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security features for all key system functions, define efficient configuration strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose realistic cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

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

CISA Security Auditor Support Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has candidates undergo a comprehensive examination overseen by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Certified security audit consultant trained to help companies in the fields of information systems audit services, information technology enforcement, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, IT support, safeguarding information assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC Risk Management Experts
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA to verify a consultant's skills to plan, implement, and maintain information system controls to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to create and carry out a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk management expertise is complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for objectively auditing your IS management design and with the expertise of Progent's CISM experts for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.

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Global Information Assurance Certification Professional Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security experts. GIAC's goal is to ensure that an accredited security consultant has the skills needed to deliver support in important areas of network, data, and software security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and government organizations around the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the assistance of certified consultants for all of the security capabilities addressed within GIAC accreditation programs including assessing security systems, incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Support
If your business is situated in Dayton Ohio and you want computer security expertise, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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