Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For fast online assistance with network security problems, companies in Sacramento California can find world-class expertise from Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's remote support consultants are available to offer efficient and economical help with security issues that threaten the viability of your network. Progent's security engineers are certified to support systems based on Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver expert guidance for critical cybersecurity and recovery solutions like AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad range of services addresses firewall technology, email security, protected system architecture, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the industry's top security accreditations including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent offers remote security help on a per-minute model with no minimum times and no additional fees for sign-up or after hours support. By billing per minute and by providing world-class help, Progent's billing structure keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where quick fixes turn into big charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when support personnel may take longer to recognize a penetration and are least able to organize a rapid and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve inside a target's system, the more time it takes to recover basic IT services and scrambled 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 time-critical first steps in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's online ransomware experts can help you to locate and isolate breached devices and guard clean assets from being compromised. If your system has been breached 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 Hacked: What Can We Do?
In case you are currently experiencing a network security crisis other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Urgent Online Computer Help to learn how to get immediate assistance. Progent maintains a pool of veteran cybersecurity experts who offer remote and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity posture to protect against future exploits.

For companies that have prepared carefully for a security breach, the step-by-step post-attack handling procedure promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of responding to a serious security attack.

Overview of Security Services
Coordinating data security plus preparedness for recovering vital data and functions following an attack requires a continual process that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security experts can help your business at any level in your efforts to protect your IT system, ranging from security audits to creating a complete security program. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Information Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Borne Threats.

Planning and Building Protected Environments
Any organization should have a carefully thought out security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive elements. The proactive plan is a collection of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The post-attack plan defines procedures to assist security staff to evaluate the damage caused by an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and restore business functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate security into your business operations. Progent can set up scanning software, create and build a safe computer architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your information system. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, deploy protected remote access to e-mail and data, and configure an effective VPN.

If you are interested in an affordable way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Packages include continual online network monitoring and fast resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include physical and cloud infrastructure and that are compliant with regulatory data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration consulting.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides skill in restoring systems and devices that have been compromised, are suspect, or have stopped working as a result of a security breach. Progent can help determine the damage resulting from the assault, restore ordinary functions, and retrieve data compromised owing to the breach. Progent's security specialists can also perform a thorough forensic evaluation by examining activity logs and utilizing other proven forensics techniques. Progent's experience with security problems reduces your business disruption and allows Progent to propose efficient measures to avoid or contain future attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Services
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the skills to rebuild an environment that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
At-home staff members typically utilize their personal devices and often operate in a unsecured physical space. This situation increases their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires careful configuration of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user training, and the creation of policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of Work-from-home solutions consultants can help your business to design, implement and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects vital information resources in networks that include at-home workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective solution for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides maximizing the security and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on line-of-business projects and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat defense stack 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 agents can be installed in minutes to protect endpoints against modern assaults including ransomware, known and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking tools, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the first EDR response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For more details, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response services.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, simultaneous, programmable testing of your internal and perimeter network so you can uncover, rank, fix, and verify security vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can plant decoys called tripwires like bogus credentials to detect when your network is currently under attack along key attack vectors. Tripwires provide sufficient information to make it possible to react quickly with your incident response workflows before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to deploy NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers optimum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional details about Progent's threat assessment services based on on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion checking is an important part of any comprehensive network security plan. Progent's security professionals can run thorough intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's internal IT staff. Unannounced penetration testing shows whether existing security defense systems such as intrusion incident alerts and event log monitoring are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can implement ongoing autonomous PEN testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, uninstalled patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks typical of the latest strains of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight portfolio of managed services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior analysis tools to guard endpoints as well as servers and VMs against new malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade legacy signature-based AV tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to manage the complete malware attack lifecycle including protection, detection, mitigation, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top features include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer ultra-affordable in-depth protection for physical and virtual servers, desktops, smartphones, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint control, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools packaged within a single agent managed from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist 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 data protection regulations. Progent will help you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alerts that call for immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help you to set up and test a backup and restore solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business rapidly from a destructive security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup operations and enable transparent backup and fast recovery of important files/folders, applications, system images, and VMs. ProSight DPS lets you protect against data loss caused by equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or software bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to identify which of these managed backup services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to provide centralized management and world-class protection for your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway device to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound threats and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the local security gateway provides AV and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The onsite security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect 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 Services
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification with iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With 2FA, when you sign into a protected application and enter your password you are requested to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of devices can be utilized as this second form of ID validation such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate multiple verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo identity validation services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to a different hosting environment without a time-consuming and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into one hosting service. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, update, find and protect information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can save up to half of time spent searching for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your network infrastructure like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you're making enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require the instant you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's veteran consultants can provide unique specialized help in key areas of IT security including:

Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for performing a variety of automatic network tests to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad skills with these and similar tools and can help your company to understand audit reports and react efficiently. Progent's security consultants also offer web application validation and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with major worldwide security standards including HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile devices. Read more details concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical support for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network solutions such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, secure high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst switches. Find out additional details concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
In addition to being expert in a wide range of network security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size expert consulting for technologies from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Get additional information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Assistance.

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP accreditation as a result of verified experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered within CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security design and test systems, access permission systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Learn more details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP accreditation as a result of thorough examination and extensive hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants possess comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, phone system and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

Find out more details about Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure Network Architecture Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to assist your organization to follow current system security engineering principles and processes in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, develop efficient configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic security models that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services
The CISA accreditation is an important achievement that represents mastery in network security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants undergo a comprehensive test overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security professional trained to help businesses in the fields of IS audit process, information technology governance, network assets and architecture planned useful life, information technology service delivery, safeguarding data resources, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC Risk Mitigation Specialists
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA to verify a consultant's ability to design, implement, and support information system control mechanisms to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to develop and execute a business continuity plan that follows leading practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk management services are complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially assessing your IS management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for designing security policies.

Find out the details about Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Management Services.

GIAC Consulting Expertise
GIAC was established in 1999 to validate the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to assure that a certified professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to deliver services in important areas of network, data, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations around the world including U.S. NSA. Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified consultants for all of the network security disciplines addressed within GIAC certification topics including assessing IT infrastructure, incident response, traffic analysis, web application security, and SIEM solutions.

Find out more details about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Services.

Depend on Progent for Computer Security Support
If your organization is situated in Sacramento California and you want cybersecurity support services, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.