Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

For fast online help with data security problems, companies in Palo Alto California can find world-class expertise by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online service staff is ready to provide efficient and affordable assistance with security issues that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited consultants are premier to support systems based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced guidance for critical security and recovery solutions such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), complete system restoration testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad array of consulting services encompasses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, secure system architecture, and business continuity planning. Progent's support team has earned the world's top security credentials including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent offers remote security support on a per-minute model with no minimum times and without extra fees for setup or after hours service. By charging by the minute and by providing world-class support, Progent's billing structure keeps costs low and avoids scenarios where simple solutions turn into major bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and at night, when support personnel may take longer to become aware of a breach and are less able to mount a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage inside a target's network, the longer it will require to restore basic operations and scrambled files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to locate and quarantine infected servers and endpoints and guard clean assets from being compromised. If your network 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.

Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Do We Do?
If your business is now experiencing a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Online Network Help to learn how to receive fast help. Progent has a pool of seasoned cybersecurity specialists who offer online and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity profile to protect against future exploits.

For organizations who have planned beforehand for being hacked, the step-by-step incident handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of handling a serious security incident.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Coordinating data security plus preparation for recovering vital information and functions after an attack requires an on-going effort involving an array of tools and processes. Progent's certified security consultants can assist your organization at any level in your attempt to guard your information system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a complete security plan. Some technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Prevention, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Filtering of Email-Borne Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization ought to develop a carefully considered security plan that incorporates both proactive and responsive elements. The pre-attack plan is a set of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy specifies activities to help IT staff to assess the losses caused by a breach, remediate the damage, record the event, and restore network activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your business operations. Progent can configure auditing utilities, create and implement a secure network infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies that will enhance the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, design protected online and mobile connectivity to e-mail and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an affordable way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Options include automated online network tracking and immediate response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, deploy, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with government data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration consulting.)

System Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent provides expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been compromised, are suspect, or have ceased to function as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to evaluate the damage resulting from the breach, restore normal business operations, and recover data lost owing to the breach. Progent's certified specialists can also perform a comprehensive forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and using a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's experience with security problems reduces your downtime and permits Progent to suggest effective ways to prevent or contain future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Consulting
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery experts with the skills to reconstruct an environment compromised by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. To learn more, see ransomware removal and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their personal devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This increases their vulnerability to malware threats and requires judicious configuration of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive end-user education, and the development of policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of Work-from-home support experts can help you to plan, deploy and maintain an effective security solution that protects vital information assets in networks that include at-home workers and hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information network. In addition to optimizing the protection and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit 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 software/firmware update management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management platform 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 installed in minutes to guard popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated threats such as ransomware, known and zero-day malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is invariably the initial EDR response tool deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's network in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For additional details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response services.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, concurrent, programmable testing of your network so you can identify, rank, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant so-called tripwires such as bogus credentials to detect when your network is currently under attack along key attack paths. Tripwires provide sufficient detail to allow you to react promptly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform comprehensive penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your present security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to harden your network security and can help you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's threat assessment services powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any overall network security plan. Progent's security experts can run thorough intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Unannounced penetration testing uncovers whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event log monitoring are properly set up and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous penetration testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, missing patches, and unsound product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks common to modern strains of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Testing Experts.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight family of managed services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all facets of information assurance. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis tools to guard endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which routinely evade legacy signature-based AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to manage the complete threat lifecycle including blocking, identification, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services offer affordable in-depth security for physical and virtual servers, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, endpoint control, and web filtering via leading-edge technologies packaged within one agent accessible from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist you to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's unique requirements and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry information protection regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that call for urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also help you to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services 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 physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup operations and enable transparent backup and rapid recovery of critical files/folders, apps, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss caused by equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human mistakes, malicious employees, or application bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to identify which of these managed backup services are best suited for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to deliver web-based control and world-class protection for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to offer advanced protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of threats from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to external threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance adds a deeper layer of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the local security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that stays inside your security perimeter. For more information, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo MFA service plans utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity verification on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, when you log into a secured online account and give your password you are asked to verify who you are on a device that only you have and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of devices can be utilized for this second means of ID validation such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate multiple verification devices. To find out more about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and applications hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host configured and maintained by Progent's network support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hosting environment without a time-consuming and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into a single hosting provider. Find out 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 capture, update, retrieve and protect data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and managing your IT documentation, you can save as much as half of time thrown away looking for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for storing and collaborating on all documents related to managing your network infrastructure like recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you're making enhancements, performing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you require the instant you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers offer unique consulting support in key areas of computer security such as:

Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk evaluation tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a set of comprehensive network scans to reveal possible security problems. Progent has broad skills with testing utilities and can help you to analyze audit results and respond efficiently. Progent's security consultants also offer web application testing and can perform thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with important industry security specifications such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless security including in-place wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Read more information about Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver world-class technical expertise for Cisco's entire family of security and Virtual Private Network technologies such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Read additional information concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Additional Firewall and VPN Consulting Services
As well as supporting a broad range of security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of any size expert consulting for solutions from other popular firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

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

Learn more details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security specialists who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified professional work, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered within CISSP include security administration procedures, security architecture and test systems, connection control systems, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Get more details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Consulting Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants are specialists who have earned ISSAP status as a result of thorough testing and substantial experience. field experience with network security architecture. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your business with all phases of architecture security.

Read additional information concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected System Infrastructure Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide enterprises with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to help your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on security engineering best practices, produce viable system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, develop efficient design strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting.

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a globally recognized achievement that represents mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an extensive test overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Premier security audit professional trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and architecture planned useful life, IT support, safeguarding information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Read more information concerning Progent's CISA Professional Services.

CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Experts
The CRISC program was established by ISACA to verify an IT professional's skills to plan, deploy, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to help your company to create and carry out a business continuity plan based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively evaluating your IT management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified consultants for implementing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Learn additional details about Progent's CRISC-certified Network Risk Mitigation Consulting.

Global Information Assurance Certification Consulting Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security professionals. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited security consultant has the skills appropriate to deliver support in key areas of network, information, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and government organizations around the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the expertise of certified professionals for any of the security services covered within GIAC accreditation programs such as auditing networks, incident handling, intrusion detection, web services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

Find out additional information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Contact Progent for Network Security Support
If your business is situated in Palo Alto California and you're looking for cybersecurity expertise, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.