Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate online assistance with computer security problems, businesses in Clearwater Florida can find high-level troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to offer effective and economical assistance with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited consultants are premier to provide help for systems powered by Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced help for critical cybersecurity and recovery technologies such as AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, complete system restore validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad array of consulting services encompasses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's support staff has been awarded the world's top security certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor and CISSP.

Progent offers online security support services on a per-minute basis with no minimum minutes and without additional charges for setup or after hours service. By billing per minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's billing model keeps costs low and eliminates scenarios where quick solutions entail major bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to work its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and late at night, when IT personnel may be slower to become aware of a break-in and are least able to organize a rapid and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to achieve within a target's network, the more time it will require to recover core IT services and damaged files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help organizations to carry out the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist businesses to locate and isolate breached devices and protect clean resources from being penetrated. If your network has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Attacked: What Do We Do Now?
If your network is currently faced with a network security emergency other than ransomware, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Help to find out how to get fast help. Progent has a team of veteran network security specialists who can provide online and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your security defense to guard against future attacks.

For organizations who have prepared beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling model outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of handling a major security penetration.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Managing data protection and preparedness for recovering vital data and functions after an attack demands a continual program that entails a variety of tools and processes. Progent's security professionals can assist your business at any level in your attempt to protect your information network, ranging from security audits to creating a complete security plan. Key technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Filtering of Email-Based Attacks.

Planning and Building Protected Networks
Any organization ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security plan that includes both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy defines activities to help IT personnel to assess the damage caused by an attack, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your company processes. Progent can set up auditing software, create and implement a safe computer infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies that will maximize the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, design safe offsite connectivity to e-mail and data, and install an effective VPN.

If your company is looking for an affordable way for jobbing out your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services feature non-stop online system monitoring and immediate resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to design, implement, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with regulatory data security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have ceased to function as a result of a security breach. Progent can help assess the losses caused by the assault, restore ordinary functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the breach. Progent's security engineers can also perform a comprehensive failure evaluation by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of advanced forensics tools. Progent's experience with security problems minimizes your downtime and allows Progent to recommend efficient ways to prevent or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Expertise
Progent can provide the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct a network victimized by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Consulting
At-home employees commonly utilize their personal devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical environment. This situation increases their susceptibility to malware attacks and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, extensive user education, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran team of telecommuter solutions experts can assist you to plan, implement and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that guards critical information resources in networks that incorporate at-home workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT network. Besides maximizing the protection and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services free up time for your IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive maximum business value from your network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management stack that includes AI algorithms and expert 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 installed in a few minutes to defend endpoints against modern assaults such as ransomware, known and new malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial endpoint response software activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's network in the first stages of a ransomware breach. For more information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response expertise.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports repeated, simultaneous, automated assessment of your internal and perimeter network to help you find, rank, fix, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant so-called tripwires like fake credentials to detect whether your system is currently being probed along key attack vectors. Tripwires generate enough detail to allow you to react quickly with your incident response workflows before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your current security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's pentest platform, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth intrusion testing is an important part of any comprehensive IT system security strategy. Progent's security experts can run thorough intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether current security defense systems such as intrusion incident alerts and event log analysis are correctly configured and actively monitored. Progent can implement continuous autonomous PEN testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, missing patches, and dangerous product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-front attacks typical of the latest versions of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Consultants.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's value-priced ProSight family of outsourced network management services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoints and servers and VMs against modern malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely get by legacy signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and offers a single platform to address the entire malware attack lifecycle including blocking, infiltration detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services deliver affordable in-depth protection for physical and virtual servers, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist you to plan and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's specific needs and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also assist you to set up and test a backup and restore solution like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business rapidly from a destructive security attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has worked with advanced backup/restore product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a family of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your data backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of critical files/folders, apps, images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business protect against data loss caused by hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned employees, or application 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 based on Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to identify which of these fully managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that uses the technology of leading information security companies to provide centralized management and world-class security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway appliance to offer advanced protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps most 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 security gateway device adds a further level of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo MFA managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a protected application and give your password you are requested to verify who you are on a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide range of devices can be used for this added means of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can register multiple validation devices. To find out more about Duo two-factor identity validation services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support professionals. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the OS software, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to a different hardware solution without a time-consuming and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to create, update, retrieve and protect information related to your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and managing your IT documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time wasted trying to find vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common repository for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified engineers offer world-class specialized help in vital areas of IT protection including:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with security evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of comprehensive system scans to reveal potential security holes. Progent has extensive experience with scanning tools and can assist you to analyze audit results and react appropriately. Progent's security engineers also provide web application validation and can perform thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with important worldwide security specifications such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security covering in-place wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Find out additional information about Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth technical support for Cisco's entire range of security and VPN technologies including PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Learn more information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to being expert in a broad array of network security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of any size advanced engineering services for products from other important firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Integration
• Check Point Support
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Experts
• WatchGuard Technical Assistance
• Juniper/NetScreen Configuration Help
• SonicWall Inc. Expertise
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Expertise
• Symantec Help

Find out additional details about Progent's CISM Security Support Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security specialists who have earned CISSP status as a result of demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification indicates mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included under CISSP include security administration procedures, security design and models, access control methodology, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Learn additional details about Progent's CISSP Consulting Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP status after thorough examination and significant hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired in-depth understanding of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

Learn the details about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected System Architecture Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to follow modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define effective design and configuration strategies to provide operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

Find out more about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting.

CISA Security Auditor Professional Services
The CISA accreditation is an important achievement that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants undergo an extensive test overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security consultant trained to assist businesses in the fields of information systems audit services, information technology enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology support, protecting information assets, and business continuity preparedness.

Find out additional details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services.

CRISC Risk Management Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA in 2010 to validate a consultant's ability to plan, implement, and support information system controls to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help your company to create and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery plan based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk management expertise is complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively auditing your IT control design and also with the services of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies and procedures.

Learn more information concerning Progent's CRISC Network Risk Management Support.

GIAC Consulting Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to verify that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge necessary to provide support in vital categories of system, data, and application security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the security disciplines addressed under GIAC accreditation programs such as assessing networks, incident handling, traffic analysis, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

Learn more details concerning Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Services.

Contact Progent for Computer Security Help
If your company is located in Clearwater Florida and you want computer security consulting, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

Tampa and Central Florida Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support in metropolitan Orlando and Tampa Florida.