Enlarging your remote workforce may have a significant impact on IT architecture, cybersecurity, and company culture. Progent has 20 years of background assisting businesses of all sizes to plan, deploy, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot IT networks that incorporate at-home workers. Progent can assist your Toronto company to select the appropriate tools and follow best practices in building and operating a safe virtual office ecosystem for teleworkers that facilitates collaboration and delivers top business value. Progent offers services ranging from as-needed guidance for getting you past occasional technical roadblocks to full project management or co-management to help you successfully complete mission-critical tasks.

Progent can help Toronto, Ontario companies to succeed with any facet of creating a high-functioning work-from-home environment by providing network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, helpdesk services, cybersecurity, data protection solutions, and streamlined management.

Security for Telecommuters
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers commonly utilize their personal devices and often work in an unsecured physical space. This increases their vulnerability to cyber attacks and calls for careful deployment of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user training, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran team of cybersecurity solutions consultants can assist you to plan, configure and manage an effective security solution that protects vital information assets in environments that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network that can be safely utilized by on-premises users as well as by at-home workers, mobile workers, vendors, clients, and the public. Next-generation firewall appliances permit you to configure and manage appropriate access rights to different classes of users and to expand your IT network and modify your cybersecurity posture as your business evolves and as network attacks become increasingly sophisticated. Progent works with both current and legacy firewall devices from all leading manufacturers like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. To learn more about Progent's firewall configuration expertise, go to firewall support services.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring Services for TeleworkersRemote Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it possible to watch over the disparate computers utilized by telecommuters and either block or identify and mitigate the latest threats like ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a small-footprint software agent is installed on each protected endpoint, monitoring all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art AI technology from SentinelOne to detect zero-day attacks at inception. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring instantly isolates the infected endpoint device from the corporate network to quarantine the threat. Since the ProSight Active Security Monitoring agent is self-contained, endpoints stay secure even if they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. To find out more about ProSight ASM, visit remote endpoint monitoring for teleworkers.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo MFA Service Plans incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables one-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured online account and enter your password you are asked to verify your identity on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used for this second form of ID validation including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register multiple verification devices. For details about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for at-home workers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your network to all types of outside and local security threats for a network that includes an at-home workforce. Progent can deploy remote, automated security analysis software for quickly and affordably detecting a wide variety of security gaps that can be found via the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be provided by network security experts with advanced credentials such as CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist your company to evaluate your processes and governance policies and assess your IT infrastructure to enable you to design the highest level of protection for your remote workers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous threat assessment of your at-home environment and your internal and perimeter networks so you can identify, rank, fix, and confirm security vulnerabilities before threat actors can exploit them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to use NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides maximum cyber defense for on-premises, multi-cloud, remote, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment services based on on NodeZero's pentest products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment
To view or download a white paper describing key areas to focus on for securing a network that includes telecommuters, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing a productive telecommuter solution for your Toronto, Ontario company, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.