Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate remote help with data security issues, companies in Birmingham Alabama have access to world-class expertise by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote service staff is available to provide fast and affordable help with security issues that are impacting the productivity of your information system. Progent's security consultants are premier to support systems powered by Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide expert guidance for key security and restoration technologies like AI-based End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of consulting services covers firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, protected network infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's support staff has been awarded the world's top security credentials including CISM and ISSAP.

Progent provides remote security help on a by-the-minute model without minimum call duration and no extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by providing world-class support, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where quick fixes result in big bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and at night, when support personnel are likely to take longer to become aware of a break-in and are less able to organize a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to achieve inside a victim's system, the more time it will require to restore core operations and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect clean assets from being penetrated. If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Attacked: What Are We Supposed to Do?
If your network is now experiencing a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Network Support to learn how to receive fast aid. Progent has a team of certified network security specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future exploits.

For companies that have planned carefully for being hacked, the formal post-attack handling procedure outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of handling a serious security penetration.

Introduction to Security Support Services
Coordinating computer security plus staying ready for restoring critical information and systems after a security breach requires an on-going program that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified experts can support your business at any level in your attempt to protect your information network, ranging from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Important technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Implementation, Data Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Attacks.

Planning and Building Secure Environments
Any company ought to develop a carefully thought out security plan that incorporates both proactive and reactive activity. The proactive strategy is a collection of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The reactive strategy defines procedures to help security staff to assess the losses resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and restore business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to design protection into your company processes. Progent can configure auditing utilities, create and build a secure computer infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies to enhance the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are ready to help you to set up a firewall, deploy safe offsite access to email and information, and configure an effective virtual private network.

If your company is interested in an affordable option for outsourcing your security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services feature non-stop online network monitoring and immediate resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, implement, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that are compliant with regulatory security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration consulting.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent has expertise in restoring systems and computers that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have stopped working because of a security breach. Progent can show you how to evaluate the damage resulting from the assault, restore ordinary functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the breach. Progent's certified specialists can also perform a thorough forensic analysis by going over activity logs and utilizing other proven forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security issues reduces your downtime and allows Progent to recommend efficient ways to avoid or contain future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Expertise
Progent can provide the help of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct an environment that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home Security Consulting
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their own computers and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to malware threats and requires careful deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive end-user education, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned roster of telecommuter solutions experts can assist you to plan, implement and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects vital information assets in environments that incorporate remote workers as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer businesses of all sizes a flexible and affordable solution for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving IT system. Besides maximizing the protection and reliability of your IT network, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT team to focus on line-of-business projects and activities that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat defense stack that includes computer learning software and expert services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint software agents can be loaded in minutes to defend popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated threats including ransomware, known and new malware, trojans, hacking tools, memory exploits, malicious scripts, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is invariably the first endpoint response software activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware breach. For more information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response expertise.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver continuous, simultaneous, automated testing of your network so you can expose, prioritize, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can insert so-called tripwires such as bogus files or credentials to find out when your environment is currently being probed across common attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to allow you to react quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can compromise your environment. Progent offers the skills 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 IT infrastructure so you can determine your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers optimum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To find out additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's penetration test products, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth penetration testing is a key part of any comprehensive IT system security strategy. Progent's security experts can run thorough intrusion checks without the awareness of your company's internal network support resources. Unannounced penetration checking shows whether existing security defense systems such as intrusion incident warnings and event history analysis are correctly configured and consistently observed. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, skipped patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-front attacks typical of the latest versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth PEN Assessment Consultants.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network monitoring and management services is intended 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: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoints and physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely get by traditional signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards local and cloud resources and offers a unified platform to automate the entire threat progression including filtering, detection, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Top capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alarms, device control, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools incorporated within one agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist you to design and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's unique needs and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alerts that require urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also help your company to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a family of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services automate and monitor your data backup operations and enable non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of important files, apps, system images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you recover from data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, user error, malicious insiders, or application glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS family include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these managed services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the infrastructure of leading information security companies to provide web-based control and world-class protection for your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based malware. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to external attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway device provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises security gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables one-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured application and give your password you are requested to confirm your identity via a unit that only you possess and that uses a separate network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be used as this added form of authentication including a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register several verification devices. For details about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's network support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the operating system software, and the applications. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hardware environment without a time-consuming and technically risky configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single hosting service. Find out 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 allows you to create, maintain, retrieve and protect information about your IT infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and managing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time spent looking for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common location for storing and collaborating on all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and relating IT information. Whether you're making improvements, performing maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you require as soon as you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers can provide unique support in key facets of IT protection such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent provides expertise with information risk auditing utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of comprehensive system tests to uncover potential security holes. Progent has extensive skills with these utilities and can help you to analyze assessment reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security engineers also offer web application testing and can conduct expert evaluation of corporate-wide security to assess your company's compliance with major global security specifications such as HIPAA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Get the details concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco CCNP experts can provide world-class technical support for Cisco's entire family of protection and VPN products including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst family switches. Learn additional details about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Help.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
As well as being expert in a wide range of security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of all sizes expert support for products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Support
• Check Point Software Technologies Consulting
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consultants
• WatchGuard Technical Assistance
• Juniper and NetScreen Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Consulting
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Configuration Help
• Symantec Help

Get additional details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP status through verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification indicates expertise in an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and test systems, connection permission methodology, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Get the details about Progent's CISSP Support Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts have earned ISSAP certification after rigorous examination and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth knowledge of access control systems and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

Learn additional information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected Network Infrastructure Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven their ability to provide enterprises with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your organization to follow modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security mechanisms for all key system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a globally recognized qualification that represents expertise in information system security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has consultants undergo a comprehensive examination administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security audit consultant able to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit services, information technology administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting data assets, and disaster recovery planning.

Find out additional details concerning Progent's CISA Support Expertise.

CRISC-certified Risk Management Consultants
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA to validate a consultant's ability to plan, deploy, and support information system control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to help your company to develop and execute a business continuity strategy that follows industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk management expertise is complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially auditing your IT control design and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Get more information about Progent's CRISC-certified IT Risk Management Support.

Global Information Assurance Certification Consulting Services
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that a certified professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to provide support in key categories of system, data, and application security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the network security capabilities addressed within GIAC certification programs such as auditing perimeters, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Support
If your organization is situated in Birmingham Alabama and you want network security support services, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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