Enlarging your telecommuter workforce can have a major impact on IT architecture, security, and corporate workflows. Progent has 20 years of background assisting SMBs to plan, configure, administer, tune, and debug IT networks that incorporate work-from-home employees. Progent can help your Durham organization to select the right technologies and adhere to leading practices in building and maintaining a safe virtual office ecosystem for telecommuters that promotes teamwork and returns maximum business value. Progent can provide support services that go from on demand guidance for helping you over occasional IT bottlenecks to full project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical tasks.

Progent can assist Durham, North Carolina organizations to succeed with any aspect of creating a high-performing work-at-home ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, helpdesk augmentation, endpoint security, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.

Security and Compliance for At-Home Workers
Work-from-Home employees typically use their personal devices and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation multiplies their susceptibility to malware attacks and requires careful configuration of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the development of security policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of data security support experts can assist your business to plan, configure and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects critical IT resources in networks that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls enable companies to build a network that can be safely accessed by local users and by an at-home workforce, mobile workers, suppliers, clients, and the public. Modern firewall appliances allow you to assign and control different permissions to different groups of users and to scale your IT network and modify your cybersecurity posture as your business evolves and as cyber threats grow more sophisticated. Progent supports both new and older security devices from all major vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. For details about Progent's firewall configuration expertise, refer to firewall integration and support expertise.

Remote Security Monitoring and Management Services for TelecommutersOnline Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it possible to watch over the disparate computers utilized by at-home workers and either block or spot and respond to the latest cyber attacks like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a lightweight software agent is put on every secured endpoint, watching all activity and using advanced machine learning from SentinelOne to detect new attacks at inception. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring instantly isolates the infected endpoint device from the network to contain the threat. Because the ProSight ASM agent is self-contained, endpoint devices stay protected even when they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. To learn more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, visit remote endpoint security monitoring for an at-home workforce.

Two-factor Authentication Services for At-Home WorkersProgent's Duo authentication Services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, whenever you log into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to verify who you are on a device that only you possess and that uses a separate network channel. A broad range of devices can be used for this added form of ID validation including a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate several verification devices. For details about Duo identity authentication services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can evaluate the exposure of your information system to all types of external and internal security attacks for a network that includes teleworkers. Progent can run remote, automated security analysis scanning for rapidly and economically detecting a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be surfaced via the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be provided by security professionals with top certifications including CISM, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist your business to audit your workflows and governance policies and review your WAN infrastructure to enable you to design top-level protection for your telecommuters.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver automated threat assessment of your at-home connectivity solution and your internal and perimeter networks to help you identify, prioritize, fix, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. Progent can help you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to determine your current security profile. Progent can also help you to harden your network security and can help you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, at-home, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional details about Progent's vulnerability analysis services powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment
To view or download a white paper about key areas to focus on for protecting an IT environment that includes work-from-home staff, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing a productive work-from-home solution for your Durham, North Carolina organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.