Expanding your at-home workforce can have a major effect on network architecture, security/compliance, and corporate culture. Progent has two decades of background assisting small and mid-size businesses to plan, configure, manage, tune, and troubleshoot IT networks that support a remote workforce. Progent can assist your Appleton organization to select the appropriate tools and follow leading practices in creating and maintaining a safe virtual office ecosystem for teleworkers that promotes teamwork and returns maximum business value. Progent can provide support services ranging from as-needed expertise for helping you over occasional IT bottlenecks to full project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical initiatives.

Progent can assist Appleton, Wisconsin organizations to succeed with any aspect of building a high-functioning work-from-home environment by providing network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, public cloud integration, Help Desk outsourcing, cybersecurity, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.

Cybersecurity for Teleworkers
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers typically utilize their own computing devices and often operate in an unsecured physical space. This multiplies their susceptibility to malware threats and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, extensive end-user training, and the development of policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of cybersecurity solutions experts can assist you to design, configure and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects critical IT resources in environments that incorporate at-home workers.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow companies to create a network environment that can be securely utilized by local users and by at-home workers, mobile employees, suppliers, customers, and the public. Modern firewall appliances allow you to configure and control appropriate access rights to various classes of users and to expand your IT network and adjust your security profile as your company evolves and as network attacks become more sophisticated. Progent works with both current and older firewall devices from all major manufacturers like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. For details about Progent's firewall support expertise, go to firewall support services.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring Services for TeleworkersRemote Endpoint Monitoring makes it easy to track the various computers used by telecommuters and either block or spot and respond to modern threats like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a lightweight software agent is put on each secured endpoint, watching all activity and using advanced machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to identify zero-day attacks before they can spread. When an attack is discovered, ProSight ASM instantly isolates the infected endpoint from the network to contain the threat. Since the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoint devices stay secure even when they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. For details about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, see remote endpoint monitoring for telecommuters.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo authentication Service Plans utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a secured online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm your identity on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized for this second means of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, visit Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the vulnerability of your information system to all classes of external and internal security threats for a network that incorporates telecommuters. Progent can deploy online, automated cybersecurity inventory software for rapidly and economically uncovering a broad range of security gaps that can be found via the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit experts, which can be managed by security professionals with advanced credentials including CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist your business to evaluate your processes and policies and review your network architecture to allow you to implement top-level protection for your remote workers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous testing of your work-from-home connectivity solution as well as your internal and perimeter networks to help you expose, rank, fix, and confirm cybersecurity weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can help you to deploy NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can determine your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and delivers maximum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment services powered by on NodeZero's pentest products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment
To read or download a white paper about key areas to focus on for securing a network that incorporates work-from-home staff, click:
Securing a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing a productive telecommuter environment for your Appleton, Wisconsin organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.