Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast online help with computer security problems, companies in Columbus Ohio can find world-class support by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to offer fast and economical assistance with security crises that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to support systems based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced guidance for vital cybersecurity and restoration solutions like AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide array of services addresses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected system architecture, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's most advanced security credentials including CISM and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent provides online security support services on a per-minute model with no minimum minutes and without extra charges for sign-up or off-hour support. By charging per minute and by delivering top-level expertise, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and avoids scenarios where simple fixes entail major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to work its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support staff are likely to be slower to become aware of a breach and are less able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral movement ransomware can manage inside a victim's system, the longer it takes to restore basic operations and scrambled 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 take the urgent first steps in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and isolate infected devices and protect clean resources from being compromised. If your system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case you are now fighting a security crisis other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Remote Network Help to find out how to get fast assistance. Progent maintains a team of veteran network security specialists who offer remote and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future exploits.

For businesses who have prepared carefully for an attack, the formal post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security attack.

Overview of Progent's Security Services
Coordinating data security as well as staying ready for restoring vital information and systems after an attack demands an on-going effort that entails a variety of technologies and procedures. Progent's security experts can assist your business at any level in your attempt to protect your information system, ranging from security audits to designing a comprehensive security strategy. Some technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Implementation, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Based Attacks.

Planning and Implementing Secure Environments
Any business should develop a thoroughly considered security strategy that includes both preventive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines procedures to help security staff to inventory the losses resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and restore network activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to design security into your company operations. Progent can set up scanning utilities, create and execute a secure network infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies to maximize the safety of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy secure offsite access to email and information, and install an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If your company is interested in an affordable option for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options feature continual remote system tracking and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to plan, implement, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include physical and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with regulatory security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration consulting.)

Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent has skill in recovering networks and computers that have been hacked, are suspect, or have ceased to function as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help assess the damage resulting from the assault, restore ordinary business operations, and retrieve data compromised owing to the assault. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a comprehensive forensic analysis by going over activity logs and utilizing other advanced forensics techniques. Progent's background with security issues reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to suggest effective ways to prevent or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services
Progent offers the services of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore a network victimized by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or Locky. To learn more, visit ransomware cleanup and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
At-home employees commonly utilize their personal computing devices and usually operate in a poorly secured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for careful deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive end-user training, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran group of Work-from-home support consultants can help you to design, deploy and maintain a compliant security solution that protects critical information resources in environments that include telecommuters as well as hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer organizations of all sizes a flexible and cost-effective solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving IT network. In addition to optimizing the protection and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services allow your IT staff to focus on line-of-business projects and tasks that derive the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat management stack that features computer learning algorithms and professional services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact agents can be installed in a few minutes to protect endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats including ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, malicious scripts, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial incident response tool deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's network at the outset of a ransomware emergency. For more information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports repeated, concurrent, automated assessment of your network so you can expose, rank, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can plant decoys called tripwires such as fake files or credentials to detect when your environment is actively under attack along common attack vectors. Tripwires provide enough detail to allow you to take action promptly with your SIEM workflows before an assailant can do serious damage. Progent can provide the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can help you to design and implement a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional information about Progent's vulnerability analysis services based on on NodeZero's penetration test platform, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any comprehensive network security plan. Progent's security professionals can perform extensive intrusion tests without the awareness of your organization's internal network support resources. Stealth penetration checking shows whether existing security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection warnings and event history monitoring are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can provide continuous automatic penetration testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, stolen credentials, overlooked patches, and ill-advised product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks typical of modern variants of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Consultants.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight line of managed 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. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis technology to defend endpoints as well as servers and VMs against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely get by traditional signature-matching AV products. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to manage the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services offer economical multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering via leading-edge tools packaged within a single agent managed from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your company's specific requirements and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry information security regulations. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require urgent action. Progent's consultants can also assist you to install and verify a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business quickly from a destructive security attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup technology companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of subscription-based management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and track your backup processes and enable non-disruptive backup and rapid restoration of vital files, apps, images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business avoid data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or software bugs. Managed services in the ProSight DPS selection include ProSight 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 DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to determine which of these fully managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of leading data security vendors to provide centralized management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne threats. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to external threats and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway device provides a deeper level of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the local gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends within your corporate firewall. For more information, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a protected online account and give your password you are asked to confirm your identity on a device that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad selection of devices can be utilized for this second means of authentication including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate several verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's IT support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting 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 hosting environment without requiring a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting provider. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, retrieve and safeguard information about your network infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSLs or domains. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save up to half of time wasted looking for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common repository for storing and sharing all documents required for managing your business network such as recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you need the instant you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's certified security engineers can provide unique specialized help in vital areas of computer protection such as:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent provides experience with security evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of comprehensive system scans to reveal potential security problems. Progent has extensive experience with testing utilities and can help you to analyze audit reports and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web application validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with major global security standards including FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security covering in-place wireless appliances as well as portable handsets. Learn additional details about Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class consulting expertise for Cisco's entire range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst family switches. Learn more information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
In addition to supporting a wide array of protection technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of any size top-level consulting for technologies from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's consultants offer:

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

Read additional details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP accreditation through verified experience, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security architecture and test systems, access control methodology, software development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

Find out more details concerning Progent's CISSP Consulting Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP status after thorough examination and significant hands-on work with network security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

Get additional details concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected System Architecture Engineering Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to security engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant security features for all critical system functions, define effective design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational goals with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is an important qualification that signifies expertise in network security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that candidates undergo an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security professional able to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, information technology support, safeguarding data resources, and business continuity planning.

Find out more details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Services.

CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Specialists
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA to verify an IT professional's ability to design, deploy, and maintain information system controls to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to create and carry out a business continuity or disaster recovery plan that follows industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially evaluating your IT management design and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for defining security policies.

Learn the details concerning Progent's CRISC-certified 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 verify that an accredited security consultant has the knowledge needed to provide support in critical areas of network, data, and application security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and institutions throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the assistance of certified professionals for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification topics including assessing security systems, security incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

Find out more details concerning Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Contact Progent for Computer Security Support
If your business is situated in Columbus Ohio and you're looking for computer security consulting, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

Columbus region Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout Columbus and the surrounding metro areas.