Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

For immediate online assistance with data security issues, companies in Napa California can find high-level expertise by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online support staff is ready to provide efficient and affordable help with security crises that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's security consultants are premier to support systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent can provide expert guidance for critical security and restoration solutions including AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), complete system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad array of services addresses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, secure system architecture, and business continuity planning. Progent's support team has earned the industry's top security certifications including Certified Information Security Manager and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent offers remote security help on a by-the-minute basis without minimum call duration and no extra charges for setup or after hours service. By billing per minute and by providing top-level support, Progent's pricing policy keeps expenses under control and avoids situations where simple solutions entail major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to work its way through a network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support staff may take longer to become aware of a break-in and are less able to organize a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to manage within a target's network, the longer it will require to restore basic IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help you to complete the time-critical first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and isolate breached devices and guard clean assets from being compromised. If your system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Attacked: What Can We Do?
In case your network is now experiencing a network security emergency other than ransomware, visit Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Help to see how to receive immediate assistance. Progent has a pool of seasoned cybersecurity specialists who offer online and on-premises assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity posture to guard against future attacks.

For businesses who have prepared beforehand for a security breach, the formal incident handling procedure promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of responding to a serious security penetration.

Overview of Security Support Services
Managing computer security and planning for recovering critical information and functions following a security breach requires an on-going program that entails an array of tools and processes. Progent's security experts can assist your organization at any level in your attempt to secure your IT network, ranging from security assessments to designing a comprehensive security program. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Attacks.

Planning and Building Protected Networks
Every company ought to have a carefully considered security strategy that includes both preventive and responsive steps. The proactive strategy is a collection of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines procedures to assist IT staff to inventory the losses resulting from a breach, repair the damage, record the experience, and revive business activity as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your business processes. Progent can install auditing utilities, create and execute a secure IT architecture, and propose processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy secure remote connectivity to email and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are looking for an affordable option for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services include non-stop online network tracking and fast resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud infrastructure and that are compliant with government and industry data security requirements. (Find out 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 integration consulting.)

Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent has expertise in recovering networks and devices that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have failed because of a security attack. Progent can show you how to assess the losses resulting from the attack, restore ordinary business operations, and retrieve data lost owing to the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a thorough forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of proven forensics tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your downtime and permits Progent to recommend effective strategies to avoid or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Expertise
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct a network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. For more information, see ransomware removal and recovery services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
Work-from-Home staff members typically utilize their own computing devices and often work in a poorly secured physical space. This increases their vulnerability to malware attacks and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, intensive user training, and the development of security policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist you to plan, configure and maintain a compliant security solution that guards vital information resources in environments that incorporate an at-home workforce as well as hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide businesses of any size a versatile and cost-effective solution for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your dynamic information network. Besides optimizing the security and reliability of your IT environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management platform that features computer learning software and advanced services to provide comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile software agents can be installed in minutes to guard endpoints against modern cyberthreats including ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial incident response software activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware breach. For additional details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver repeated, simultaneous, programmable testing of your network so you can find, prioritize, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically deploy so-called tripwires such as bogus files or credentials to detect whether your system is under attack along various attack vectors. Tripwires generate enough information to allow you to take action promptly with your incident response tools and procedures before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to use NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's vulnerability assessment services powered by on NodeZero's PEN test platform, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth penetration testing is a key part of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can run thorough penetration tests without the awareness of your organization's internal network support resources. Unannounced penetration testing uncovers whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event log analysis are correctly configured and consistently observed. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous PEN testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, missing patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-front attacks common to modern variants of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight series of network management outsourcing services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoints and physical and virtual servers against new malware attacks such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely get by legacy signature-based AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to automate the entire threat progression including blocking, detection, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services offer affordable in-depth security for physical servers and VMs, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, intrusion alarms, device control, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can help you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's unique needs and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry data security regulations. Progent will assist you define and implement policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that call for immediate attention. Progent 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. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup product companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products manage and track your data backup processes and enable transparent backup and fast recovery of critical files, applications, system images, plus Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you recover from data loss caused by equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or application bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight 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 DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to identify which of these fully managed services are best suited 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 uses the infrastructure of top information security vendors to provide web-based control and world-class protection for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful architecture of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway device to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer acts as a first line of defense and keeps most unwanted email from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external threats and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance provides a deeper level of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA managed services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, when you log into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to confirm your identity via a unit that only you have and that uses a separate network channel. A broad selection of devices can be used as this second form of ID validation including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register multiple verification devices. To find out more about Duo identity validation services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system software, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to a different hosting solution without requiring a time-consuming and difficult reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single 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 a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to create, update, retrieve and protect data about your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or IP addresses and be alerted about impending expirations of SSLs or domains. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time spent looking for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for storing and collaborating on all documents required for managing your business network such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you need as soon as you need it. Learn more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's certified engineers can provide unique specialized help in vital facets of computer protection such as:

Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a set of comprehensive system scans to reveal potential security gaps. Progent has broad skills with these utilities and can help you to analyze audit reports and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also provide web application validation and can conduct thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major industry security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless security covering stationary wireless appliances as well as mobile devices. Read more information about Progent's Information Risk Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco CCNP experts can provide world-class technical expertise for Cisco's entire range of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and integrated services routers, wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Read additional details about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Help.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a wide array of protection solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of all sizes expert engineering services for solutions from other popular firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Consulting
• Check Point Software Consulting
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consultants
• WatchGuard Technologies Inc Technical Assistance
• Juniper/NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Expertise
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Expertise
• Symantec Corp Help

Find out more information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP certification as a result of verified experience, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered under CISSP include security management procedures, security design and models, connection permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

Read more details concerning Progent's CISSP Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts have been awarded ISSAP status following rigorous examination and substantial hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

Learn additional information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Secure System Architecture Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the services associated with 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 expert to assist your enterprise to follow current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce viable system designs that include compliant security features for all key system functions, develop effective design strategies to deliver operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The CISA accreditation is a recognized qualification that represents mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates pass a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security consultant able to help companies in the fields of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and architecture planned useful life, information technology service delivery, safeguarding information assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC-certified Risk Management Experts
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA to verify a consultant's ability to design, deploy, and support IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to develop and carry out a business continuity plan based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the support provided by Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially auditing your IS control mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM consultants for implementing company-wide security policies.

Find out the details concerning Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Support.

GIAC Consulting Expertise
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to assure that a certified professional has the skills necessary to provide services in critical areas of system, information, and software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and institutions throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the expertise of certified security engineers for all of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification programs such as assessing security systems, incident response, traffic analysis, web services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your organization is situated in Napa California and you want cybersecurity consulting expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.