Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote help with network security issues, companies in Hayward California have access to world-class expertise by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to offer efficient and economical assistance with security problems that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's security consultants are premier to provide help for systems powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, Solaris, and major versions of UNIX. Progent's wide selection of services addresses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security accreditations including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent provides online security support services on a by-the-minute model without minimum minutes and without extra charges for setup or after hours service. By billing per minute and by delivering top-level expertise, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses under control and eliminates scenarios where simple solutions entail big expenses.

We've Been Attacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
If you are currently fighting a network security crisis, refer to Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Help to see how to get fast aid. Progent has a pool of certified cybersecurity experts who can provide online and on-premises assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future attacks.

For organizations who have prepared carefully for a security breech, the step-by-step incident handling model promoted by GIAC is Progent's approved method of handling a serious security penetration.

Overview of Security Services
Managing data security plus preparedness for recovering vital information and systems after an attack requires a continual effort that entails an array of technologies and processes. Progent's certified security engineers can support your business at all levels in your attempt to safeguard your IT system, from security audits to creating a comprehensive security plan. Important technologies covered by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Implementing Secure Environments
Any company should have a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps that helps to reduce security gaps. The post-attack strategy defines procedures to help security staff to inventory the damage resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and restore network activity as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate security into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing software, create and build a safe computer architecture, and propose processes and policies to enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to help you to set up a firewall, design secure offsite access to e-mail and information, and install an efficient VPN.

If you are interested in an affordable option for jobbing out your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature automated online system monitoring and fast resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include physical and cloud-based resources and that comply with regulatory security standards. (Find out about Progent's Office 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration consulting.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent has skill in restoring systems and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working following a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to evaluate the damage resulting from the attack, return your company to ordinary business operations, and recover information lost owing to the breach. Progent's security specialists can also manage a thorough failure analysis by going over event logs and using other proven assessment techniques. Progent's background with security issues reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to suggest efficient strategies to avoid or contain future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Services
Progent offers the services of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to rebuild an IT network damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. To find out more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
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. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that utilizes cutting edge behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoint devices and servers and VMs against new malware assaults like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely escape traditional signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud resources and provides a single platform to automate the complete malware attack progression including filtering, identification, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key capabilities include one-click rollback using Windows VSS and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, desktops, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and responding to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering via cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's unique requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with government and industry data protection standards. Progent will help you specify and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that require immediate attention. Progent's consultants can also help you to install and verify a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup and Recovery
ProSight Data Protection Services from Progent offer small and medium-sized businesses a low cost and fully managed solution for reliable backup/disaster recovery (BDR). Available at a fixed monthly price, ProSight Data Protection Services automates your backup activities and allows rapid recovery of vital data, apps and virtual machines that have become lost or damaged due to component failures, software bugs, disasters, human error, or malware attacks such as ransomware. ProSight Data Protection Services can help you back up, recover and restore files, folders, apps, system images, as well as Hyper-V and VMware virtual machine images. Important data can be protected on the cloud, to an on-promises storage device, or to both. Progent's BDR specialists can deliver advanced expertise to set up ProSight Data Protection Services to to comply with regulatory requirements like HIPAA, FINRA, PCI and Safe Harbor and, when needed, can assist you to recover your critical information. Find out more about ProSight DPS Managed Cloud Backup.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound 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 information security companies to deliver web-based control and comprehensive security for all your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne threats. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks most threats from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to external threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway device adds a further layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more information, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's IT support experts. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hardware solution without requiring a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting provider. Learn more details 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 allows you to create, maintain, retrieve and protect data about your network infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate as much as 50% of time spent trying to find vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and collaborating on all documents required for managing your business network like standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you’re planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you require when you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's certified security consultants offer world-class specialized help in vital areas of computer security such as:

Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk auditing software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive network tests to reveal potential security holes. Progent has broad skills with scanning utilities and can assist you to analyze assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's security consultants also provide web software validation and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key global security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security covering stationary wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Read more information about Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver in-depth technical expertise for Cisco's complete range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst family switches. Get additional details concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Consulting.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
In addition to supporting a wide array of network security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of any size advanced support for security products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

• Check Point Software Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Technical Assistance
• Juniper/NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Support
• Symantec Corp Technical Assistance

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services
CISM defines the core skills and worldwide standards of performance that information technology security managers are expected to master. It offers executive management the assurance that those who have been awarded their certification possess the background and skill to provide effective security administration and engineering support. Progent can provide a CISM-certified consultant to assist your enterprise in vital security areas such as information protection governance, vulnerability assessment, data security program management, and crisis response management.

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CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included within CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and models, access control systems, software development security, business processes security, physical security, encryption, communications, Internet 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 earned ISSAP certification after thorough testing and significant hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access management mechanisms and techniques, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can assist your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Read additional information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected IT Architecture Engineering Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide enterprises with the expertise associated with 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 network security expert to help your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, develop efficient configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The CISA credential is a globally recognized qualification that signifies mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA international professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security engineer trained to help companies in the fields of information systems audit services, information technology administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT support, safeguarding information resources, and business continuity planning.

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CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Consultants
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's ability to plan, implement, and support information system control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to help you to develop and execute a business continuity strategy based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation services are complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially auditing your IT control design and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified experts for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

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GIAC Support Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of network security engineers. GIAC's mission is to verify that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge appropriate to provide support in critical areas of system, information, and application security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and government organizations all over the world including U.S. NSA. Progent offers the help of GIAC certified security engineers for all of the network security services addressed within GIAC certification programs including auditing perimeters, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your organization is situated in Hayward California and you're looking for network security help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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