Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate online help with computer security issues, companies in Anchorage Alaska can find high-level support from Progent's security engineers. Progent's online service staff is ready to provide efficient and low-cost help with security emergencies that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced support for key security and restoration technologies such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restore testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad array of consulting services addresses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security credentials including CISM and CISSP.

Progent offers remote security support on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum times and without extra fees for setup or off-hour service. By billing per minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses low and eliminates situations where simple solutions result in major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way across a network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a penetration and are less able to organize a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to make within a victim's system, the longer it takes to restore core operations and damaged files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide organizations to complete the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and guard undamaged assets from being compromised. If your network has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do?
If your network is now faced with a network security emergency other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Support to find out how to get immediate aid. Progent maintains a pool of veteran cybersecurity experts who offer remote and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your security defense to guard against future exploits.

For organizations who have prepared carefully for an attack, the step-by-step incident response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of handling a serious security attack.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Managing network protection plus planning for recovering critical information and systems after a security breach demands a continual process that entails a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's certified consultants can help your business at all levels in your attempt to secure your information system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security strategy. Important technologies supported by Progent's experts include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Threats.

Planning and Implementing Secure Networks
Every business ought to have a carefully considered security plan that incorporates both proactive and reactive activity. The proactive strategy is a collection of precautions that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan specifies activities to help IT staff to evaluate the losses caused by a breach, remediate the damage, document the event, and revive business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate protection into your business operations. Progent can install auditing software, define and execute a safe network infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies that will enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, design secure offsite access to e-mail and data, and configure an effective virtual private network.

If you are looking for an economical way for jobbing out your security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Options include continual remote system monitoring and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud-based infrastructure and that are compliant with government data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) planning and integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent has skill in restoring networks and computers that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have failed following a security attack. Progent can show you how to determine the damage caused by the assault, restore normal functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the attack. Progent's certified specialists can also manage a thorough failure analysis by examining event logs and using other proven assessment techniques. Progent's experience with security consulting reduces your downtime and allows Progent to suggest effective strategies to prevent or mitigate new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Expertise
Progent offers the help of proven ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct an information system that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To find out more, visit ransomware removal and recovery expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Consulting
At-home workers typically utilize their own devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This multiplies their vulnerability to cyber attacks and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user training, and the development of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran group of Work-from-home solutions consultants can help your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant security solution that protects vital IT assets in environments that incorporate at-home workers as well as hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and affordable solution for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides maximizing the protection and reliability of your IT environment, Progent's patch management services free up time for your IT team to focus on line-of-business projects and activities that deliver maximum business value from your network. Find out more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centered threat management stack that features computer learning algorithms and expert services to deliver comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact software agents can be installed in minutes to guard popular endpoints against modern threats such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking tool sets, memory exploits, malicious scripts, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is invariably the initial endpoint response tool activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For additional details, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) services.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, concurrent, automated testing of your internal and perimeter network to help you expose, prioritize, remediate, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically deploy decoys called tripwires like bogus files or credentials to detect whether your environment is currently being probed across various attack paths. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to make it possible to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent offers the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to harden your existing network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To find out more information about Progent's vulnerability analysis solutions powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Testing Services
Stealth intrusion checking is an important part of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can run extensive intrusion tests without the knowledge of your company's in-house IT staff. Unannounced penetration testing shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event history analysis are properly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can implement continuous autonomous PEN testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, overlooked patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks common to the latest strains of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Testing Services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight portfolio of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning technology to defend endpoints as well as servers and VMs against new malware attacks such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade traditional signature-based anti-virus products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to address the entire malware attack progression including protection, detection, mitigation, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Top capabilities include single-click rollback using Windows VSS and automatic network-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver economical multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools incorporated within a single agent accessible from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's specific needs and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry data protection standards. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that require urgent attention. Progent can also help you to set up and verify a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a destructive security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a family of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and monitor your backup operations and enable non-disruptive backup and rapid restoration of vital files/folders, apps, system images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS lets you recover from data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned employees, or software bugs. Managed services in the ProSight DPS family 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 dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these fully managed services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of top data security vendors to deliver web-based control and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard managed service combines cloud-based filtering with a local security gateway appliance to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer acts as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to external attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway device provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the local gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit ProSight 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 through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables one-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a secured online account and give your password you are asked to verify your identity on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide selection of devices can be used as this added means of ID validation such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register multiple validation devices. For details about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the OS software, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hardware solution without a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into one hosting provider. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, update, retrieve and safeguard data about your network infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can save up to 50% of time spent trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you need when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's certified security engineers offer world-class expertise in key areas of computer protection such as:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with information risk evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic network tests to identify potential security gaps. Progent has broad skills with these and similar tools and can help you to understand assessment results and respond efficiently. Progent's security consultants also can perform web application testing and can conduct thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with important worldwide security standards such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile devices. Find out additional information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth consulting expertise for Cisco's complete family of protection and Virtual Private Network solutions including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Get additional information concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Help.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
In addition to supporting a wide array of security technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of all sizes expert consulting for solutions from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network vendors. Progent's consultants offer:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Integration
• Check Point Software Expertise
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Experts
• WatchGuard Engineering Services
• Juniper and NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Support
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Expertise
• Symantec Engineering Services

Find out more information about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Expertise.

CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are cybersecurity specialists who have been awarded CISSP accreditation through verified experience, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity administration practices, security design and models, connection control systems, applications development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have earned ISSAP accreditation as a result of thorough examination and substantial hands-on work with network security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can assist your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 security analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to assist your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, develop effective configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

Learn more about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting Services.

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a globally recognized qualification that signifies expertise in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA credential has consultants pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security audit consultant able to assist businesses in the areas of information systems audit services, IT governance, systems and architecture lifecycle, information technology support, protecting data assets, and business continuity planning.

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CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA to verify an IT professional's ability to design, implement, and maintain information system control mechanisms to mitigate risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to develop and execute a business continuity plan that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to match your organization's risk tolerance, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk management expertise is a good fit the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially evaluating your IS management mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM consultants for defining security policies.

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GIAC Professional Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC's mission is to verify that a certified security consultant has the skills appropriate to deliver support in key categories of network, information, and application software security. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and institutions around the world including U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified professionals for any of the security capabilities covered within GIAC certification programs such as auditing IT infrastructure, security incident response, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Support
If your business is located in Anchorage Alaska and you need network security consulting, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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