Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast remote help with computer security problems, businesses in Hayward California can find world-class expertise from Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote support staff is available to provide fast and affordable help with security issues that are impacting the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to provide help for environments based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class support for critical cybersecurity and recovery technologies including AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of consulting services encompasses firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure system infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's support team has earned the world's top security accreditations including CISA and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent provides remote security support services on a per-minute basis without minimum times and no additional fees for setup or after hours service. By charging by the minute and by delivering top-level expertise, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses under control and avoids situations where simple solutions turn into major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and at night, when support personnel may be slower to recognize a penetration and are least able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve inside a target's system, the longer it takes to recover basic operations and damaged files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist you to complete the urgent first steps in mitigating a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and isolate breached servers and endpoints and guard undamaged assets from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Should We Do Now?
If your network is currently faced with a network security emergency other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Emergency Remote Network Help to learn how to get immediate help. Progent maintains a pool of veteran cybersecurity specialists who can provide online and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity posture to protect against future exploits.

For companies who have prepared in advance for a security breach, the step-by-step incident handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of reacting to a serious security attack.

Introduction to Progent's Security Services
Managing network protection as well as planning for restoring critical data and systems after an attack demands an on-going program involving an array of tools and processes. Progent's certified consultants can support your organization at whatever level in your attempt to safeguard your information system, ranging from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security plan. Important technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Attacks.

Designing and Building Secure Networks
Any company ought to have a thoroughly considered security plan that includes both preventive and reactive elements. The proactive plan is a set of precautions that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy specifies procedures to assist security staff to assess the losses caused by a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and restore business activity as soon as possible. Progent can advise you how to design protection into your business operations. Progent can set up auditing utilities, define and execute a safe network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies to maximize the safety of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to assist you to configure a firewall, design safe offsite connectivity to email and information, and configure an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If you are looking for an economical option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Options feature continual remote system monitoring and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your IT team you to plan, deploy, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud hosted resources and that comply with government and industry security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) planning and integration consulting.)

System Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and computers that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have ceased to function following a security breach. Progent can show you how to evaluate the damage caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the attack. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a comprehensive failure analysis by going over event logs and utilizing other proven assessment techniques. Progent's experience with security consulting minimizes your downtime and allows Progent to suggest efficient measures to avoid or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Services
Progent can provide the services of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct a network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and restoration consulting.

Work-from-Home Security Expertise
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers typically utilize their personal devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This situation increases their susceptibility to cyber threats and calls for careful configuration of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user education, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's seasoned roster of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant security solution that protects critical information assets in networks that incorporate at-home workers as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management offer organizations of all sizes a flexible and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking updates to your ever-evolving IT system. In addition to maximizing the security and functionality of your IT environment, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic projects and activities that deliver maximum business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered threat management stack that features computer learning software and expert services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint agents can be loaded in a few minutes to protect popular endpoints against modern cyberthreats such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, destructive 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 invariably the first endpoint response tool deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For more details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports repeated, concurrent, automated assessment of your internal and perimeter network so you can find, rank, remediate, and confirm security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can deploy so-called tripwires such as bogus credentials to detect when your network is actively being targeted across key attack vectors. Tripwires provide enough information to allow you to react promptly with your incident response workflows before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to design and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's threat analysis services powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any overall network security plan. Progent's security professionals can run extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your organization's internal IT resources. Unannounced penetration checking uncovers whether current security defense tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event history monitoring are correctly set up and consistently monitored. Progent can provide continuous automatic PEN testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, skipped patches, and dangerous product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to modern strains of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight line of managed services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge 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
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis technology to defend endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by traditional signature-based AV tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to address the entire malware attack progression including blocking, infiltration detection, mitigation, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top features include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time system-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint control, and web filtering via cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a unified console. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's unique needs and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data security regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that require urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also assist you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore technology companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of critical files, apps, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business recover from data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, malware like ransomware, user error, malicious employees, or application bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight DPS 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 DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to identify which of these 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 uses the technology of top data security companies to deliver centralized control and world-class security for your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises gateway device to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based threats. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and keeps most unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to external attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway device adds a further level of analysis for incoming email. For outgoing email, the onsite gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used as this added means of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may register multiple verification devices. For more information about Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and maintained by Progent's IT support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer owns the data, the operating system software, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hardware solution without a time-consuming and difficult reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into one hosting provider. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to create, update, retrieve and protect information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your network documentation, you can save up to 50% of time spent trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized repository for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, performing maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need the instant you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified consultants can provide unique consulting support in vital facets of IT protection such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for conducting a variety of automatic network scans to identify possible security holes. Progent has extensive experience with scanning utilities and can help you to analyze assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also offer web software validation and can perform thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key industry security specifications including FISMA, NIST, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile devices. Find out more information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Expertise
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide world-class technical support for Cisco's complete range of protection and VPN solutions such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Learn additional details about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
As well as supporting a wide array of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of any size top-level consulting for security products from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Find out more information about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP status as a result of demonstrated professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included within CISSP include security management procedures, security design and test systems, connection permission systems, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants have earned ISSAP certification as a result of rigorous examination and extensive hands-on work with network security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive knowledge of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

Find out additional details about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Secure IT Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to assist your enterprise to follow current system security engineering principles and processes in system development, review system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, create viable system designs that include compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all key system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is an important achievement that indicates expertise in IS security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has consultants pass a comprehensive test administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security professional able to help businesses in the fields of information systems audit process, IT governance, systems and architecture planned useful life, information technology support, safeguarding information assets, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC Risk Management Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and support IS controls to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to help your company to develop and carry out a workplace continuity plan based on leading practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk management services are a good fit the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively auditing your IT control design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for implementing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Find out additional information about Progent's CRISC Risk Management Services.

Global Information Assurance Certification Support Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to ensure that an accredited security consultant has the knowledge needed to provide services in important areas of system, data, and application program security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions throughout the world including United States National Security Agency. Progent offers the assistance of certified security engineers for all of the security capabilities addressed within GIAC certification topics such as auditing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your business is located in Hayward California and you want computer security help, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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