To get fast online help with data security problems, companies in Houston Texas have access to world-class support by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote service staff is ready to offer effective and affordable assistance with security crises that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited security engineers are premier to provide help for systems based on Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class guidance for key security and restoration technologies like AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad range of services covers firewall technology, email security, secure system infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's most advanced security accreditations including Global Information Assurance Certification and CISSP.
Progent provides online security support services on a per-minute basis with no minimum minutes and no additional charges for sign-up or after hours service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's billing structure keeps costs under control and eliminates scenarios where quick fixes entail major charges.
Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a break-in and are less able to mount a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to manage inside a victim's network, the longer it takes to restore basic IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to assist organizations to complete the urgent first steps in mitigating a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware experts can help businesses to locate and isolate infected servers and endpoints and guard undamaged assets from being compromised. If your network has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.
Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Do We Do Now?
If your network is currently experiencing a security emergency other than ransomware, visit Progent's Emergency Online Computer Support to find out how to receive immediate help. Progent maintains a pool of seasoned network security experts who can provide online and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future attacks.
For companies that have prepared carefully for being hacked, the formal post-attack handling procedure promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of handling a serious security attack.
Introduction to Progent's Security Support Services
Managing network protection and staying ready for restoring critical data and systems following an attack demands an on-going effort that entails an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's certified security experts can support your organization at whatever level in your efforts to safeguard your information system, ranging from security audits to creating a comprehensive security plan. Important areas supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Borne Attacks.
Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization ought to develop a carefully thought out security plan that includes both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The reactive plan defines procedures to assist security staff to inventory the damage caused by an attack, repair the damage, document the experience, and revive business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can show you how to design security into your business processes. Progent can install auditing utilities, create and build a secure IT architecture, and propose procedures and policies to enhance the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, design secure online and mobile connectivity to email and data, and configure an effective virtual private network.
If your company is interested in an affordable way for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Options feature non-stop online server tracking and quick resolution of problems.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to design, deploy, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud-based infrastructure and that are compliant with government and industry security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration consulting.)
System Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent has skill in restoring networks and devices that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have ceased to function as a result of a security breach. Progent can help evaluate the losses resulting from the attack, return your company to normal business operations, and retrieve information lost owing to the breach. Progent's certified specialists can also oversee a comprehensive forensic evaluation by examining activity logs and utilizing a variety of proven assessment techniques. Progent's background with security problems reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to recommend efficient ways to avoid or mitigate new attacks.
Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Services
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to reconstruct an information system damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or Locky. For more information, visit ransomware removal and recovery consulting.
Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers commonly utilize their personal devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical environment. This increases their vulnerability to malware threats and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the development of security policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran team of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist you to plan, implement and manage a compliant security solution that protects vital IT resources in networks that include telecommuters and hybrid workers.
Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of all sizes a flexible and affordable solution for assessing, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT network. Besides optimizing the protection and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services free up time for your in-house IT team to concentrate on line-of-business projects and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's patch management support services.
Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat defense stack that features computer learning algorithms and professional services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile software agents can be installed in minutes to protect endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking tool sets, memory exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial EDR response tool activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For more details, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response consulting.
Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports repeated, concurrent, automated testing of your network to help you uncover, rank, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically insert decoys called tripwires such as fake credentials to detect when your network is actively being probed along key attack paths. Tripwires provide enough detail to make it possible to react promptly with your incident response workflows before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent offers the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your present security posture. Progent can also help you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to design and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional information about Progent's threat assessment services powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.
Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a key component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support staff. Stealth penetration testing shows whether current security defense tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event history analysis are correctly set up and consistently monitored. Progent can implement ongoing automatic penetration testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, missing patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to modern versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Services.
Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight portfolio of network management outsourcing services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. Managed services offered by Progent include:
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade traditional signature-based AV products. ProSight ASM safeguards local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to address the complete malware attack progression including filtering, identification, containment, remediation, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a single console. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your organization's specific requirements and that allows you prove compliance with government and industry data security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require urgent attention. Progent can also help you to install and verify a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Learn more about Progent's
ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with advanced backup technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services automate and monitor your data backup operations and allow transparent backup and rapid recovery of important files, applications, system images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business protect against data loss caused by equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or software glitches. Managed services in the ProSight Data Protection selection include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 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 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 and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading information security companies to deliver web-based control and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-based threats. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite security gateway device adds a further layer of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that stays inside your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.
ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a device that only you have and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this second means of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To find out more about Duo identity authentication services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.
ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's network support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system software, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hosting environment without a lengthy and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting provider. Find out 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 makes it easy to capture, maintain, retrieve and safeguard data about your IT infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save up to 50% of time spent searching for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network such as recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're planning improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you require the instant you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.
Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's security engineers offer world-class specialized help in vital facets of network protection such as:
Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with information risk evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for conducting a set of automatic network scans to reveal possible security gaps. Progent has extensive experience with these and similar utilities and can help your company to understand assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web software validation and can perform thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key industry security specifications including HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless equipment plus portable devices. Get additional details concerning Progent's Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.
Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth consulting 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, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and IS routers, wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Read more information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Expertise.
Other Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to being expert in a wide array of security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of all sizes top-level engineering services for products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:
Learn more information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Support Services.
CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation through demonstrated experience, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included under CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security architecture and models, connection permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.
Find out the details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Expertise.
CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP accreditation following rigorous examination and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth knowledge of access management mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.
Learn additional information concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure Network Architecture Engineering Services.
CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the services associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your enterprise to follow current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review system security designs according to security engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all key system functions, develop effective design strategies to deliver operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic security models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.
Learn the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting Services.
Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services
The CISA accreditation is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates pass an exhaustive test overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit professional trained to help companies in the fields of IS audit services, IT enforcement, network assets and infrastructure lifecycle, IT service delivery, safeguarding data assets, and disaster recovery planning.
Learn additional information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Expertise.
CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Specialists
The CRISC program was established by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's skills to plan, implement, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to develop and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on leading practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk management services are complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively assessing your IT management design and with the expertise of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies.
Learn the details about Progent's CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Services.
GIAC Professional Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to make sure that a certified security consultant has the skills needed to deliver support in critical areas of network, information, and program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including U.S. National Security Agency. Progent offers the help of GIAC certified consultants for any of the network security disciplines addressed within GIAC accreditation topics including assessing perimeters, security incident response, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.
Find out more details concerning Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.
Contact Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your organization is located in Houston Texas and you're trying to find computer security consulting, telephone Progent at
Houston Metro Area Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Houston Metro Area.
City | Address | Phone | Link |
Houston | 2200 Post Oak Blvd Houston, TX 77056 United States |
(832) 940-9607 | Houston Network Support Services |
The Woodlands | 2203 Timberloch Place The Woodlands, TX 77380 United States |
(713) 324-9644 | The Woodlands Network Support Services |
Webster | 600 Gemini Ave Webster, TX 77058 United States |
(281) 763-7022 | Webster Network Support Services |