Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote help with data security problems, companies in Boston Massachusetts have access to high-level support by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's online service staff is ready to provide efficient and low-cost assistance with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited engineers are premier to support systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced help for key cybersecurity and recovery technologies such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad selection of services covers firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's support team has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including GIAC and CISSP.

Progent provides remote security help on a per-minute basis without minimum minutes and without additional fees for sign-up or off-hour support. By billing by the minute and by delivering top-level help, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where quick fixes entail major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way through a network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a breach and are least able to organize a rapid and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve within a victim's system, the longer it will require to restore core IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to guide organizations to take the time-critical first steps in responding to a ransomware assault by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist you to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and guard clean resources from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Attacked: What Are We Supposed to Do Now?
If you are currently faced with a network security crisis other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Help to find out how to receive immediate aid. Progent has a pool of certified network security specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your security posture to guard against future attacks.

For companies that have prepared in advance for being hacked, the formal incident handling model promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's recommended method of reacting to a major security attack.

Overview of Security Support Services
Coordinating data protection as well as staying ready for recovering critical information and functions following a security breach requires a continual program involving an array of tools and processes. Progent's security professionals can help your business at all levels in your efforts to secure your information network, from security audits to designing a comprehensive security program. Key areas supported by Progent's experts include Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Forensics, and Managed Protection from Email-Based Attacks.

Designing and Implementing Secure Environments
Every organization should develop a thoroughly considered security strategy that incorporates both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps that works to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines procedures to help IT staff to inventory the damage caused by a breach, repair the damage, record the event, and revive network activity as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing software, define and execute a secure network architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy protected remote access to e-mail and data, and install an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If you are looking for an economical way for jobbing out your security administration, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options feature automated online system monitoring and quick resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, deploy, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with regulatory security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent provides skill in recovering systems and devices that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have stopped working as a result of a security attack. Progent can help determine the losses resulting from the breach, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the assault. Progent's certified specialists can also perform a thorough failure analysis by going over activity logs and using other advanced forensics techniques. Progent's background with security consulting minimizes your business disruption and allows Progent to recommend efficient measures to prevent or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Consulting
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct a network damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Consulting
At-home workers typically utilize their personal computing devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical space. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware threats and calls for judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist you to design, configure and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects critical information resources in environments that incorporate remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide businesses of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, applying, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides optimizing the protection and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat management stack that features computer learning software and advanced services to deliver comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint software agents can be loaded in a few minutes to defend endpoints against modern threats such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojan viruses, hacking tool sets, RAM exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne is always the first EDR response tool deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's system at the outset of a ransomware emergency. For additional information, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports continuous, simultaneous, programmable testing of your network to help you uncover, prioritize, fix, and verify security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can deploy so-called tripwires such as fake credentials to find out whether your system is actively under attack across key attack paths. Tripwires provide sufficient information to allow you to react quickly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an assailant can compromise your environment. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers optimum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional details about Progent's threat analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth penetration testing is a key component of any overall network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can run extensive penetration tests without the knowledge of your company's internal IT resources. Unannounced penetration testing shows whether current security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event history analysis are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can implement continuous automatic PEN testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, stolen credentials, uninstalled patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks common to modern variants of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Assessment Services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's value-priced ProSight portfolio of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoints as well as servers and VMs against new malware attacks like ransomware and email phishing, which routinely escape legacy signature-based AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud resources and provides a single platform to automate the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, detection, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable in-depth security for physical and virtual servers, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alarms, device management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help you to plan and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's unique requirements and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry data protection standards. Progent will assist you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that call for urgent action. Progent can also help you to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup processes and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of critical files, apps, images, plus Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you avoid data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural calamities, fire, malware such as ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or software bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS portfolio include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security vendors to provide web-based control and world-class protection for all your inbound and outbound email. The powerful architecture of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of threats from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to inbound attacks and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance adds a deeper level of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends within your corporate firewall. For more details, visit ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used as this second means of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate several validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication 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 or mid-size organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system software, and the applications. Since the system is virtualized, it can be ported easily to a different hardware solution without a time-consuming and technically risky configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, find and safeguard data about your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about impending expirations of SSLs or domains. By cleaning up and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time wasted searching for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized location for storing and sharing all documents required for managing your business network like recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're planning enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you require when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants can provide unique specialized help in vital areas of computer security including:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with information risk auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of automatic system tests to identify potential security holes. Progent has broad skills with testing tools and can assist your company to understand audit results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web application validation and can conduct thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major worldwide security standards including FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Find out more details concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver in-depth technical services for Cisco's complete family of protection and VPN solutions such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst family switches. Find out more information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and VPN Solutions
As well as being expert in a broad range of network security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of all sizes top-level consulting for security products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Consulting
• Check Point Support
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Experts
• WatchGuard Technologies Technical Assistance
• Juniper/NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Consulting
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Consultants
• Symantec Corp Engineering Services

Learn more details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Assistance.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are security engineers who have earned CISSP certification as a result of verified professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security design and models, access control systems, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts have earned ISSAP status following rigorous testing and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth understanding of access control mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can assist your business with all phases of secure network architecture.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to follow modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, review system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce viable system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose realistic security models that balance your operational goals with your company's tolerance for risk.

Learn the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting.

CISA Security Auditor Support Services
The CISA credential is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in information system security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has consultants pass an extensive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security professional able to help companies in the fields of IS audit process, IT administration, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC Risk Mitigation Specialists
The CRISC certification program was established by ISACA in 2010 to validate a consultant's skills to plan, implement, and support information system controls to reduce risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to develop and execute a business continuity plan that follows industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially evaluating your IT management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM support professionals for defining company-wide security policies.

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Global Information Assurance Certification Support Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security professionals. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to deliver support in important areas of system, data, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and government organizations around the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified professionals for any of the network security disciplines addressed within GIAC certification programs including assessing perimeters, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Help
If your organization is situated in Boston Massachusetts and you're trying to find cybersecurity consulting, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout New England.