Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate remote help with computer security problems, businesses in Houston Texas have access to world-class expertise from Progent's security professionals. Progent's online service consultants are available to offer effective and economical assistance with security crises that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's security engineers are certified to provide help for systems powered by Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced help for vital security and recovery solutions including AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide array of services encompasses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's support staff has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and CISSP.

Progent provides online security help on a per-minute model without minimum minutes and no extra fees for sign-up or off-hour support. By charging by the minute and by providing world-class support, Progent's pricing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates situations where quick solutions turn into big expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way through a target network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and at night, when support staff may take longer to recognize a penetration and are least able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral movement ransomware can manage inside a victim's network, the more time it takes to restore core IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help organizations to carry out the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware experts can help businesses to locate and quarantine breached devices and protect clean assets from being penetrated. If your system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
If your business is now experiencing a security crisis other than ransomware, visit Progent's Emergency Online Computer Help to find out how to receive fast assistance. Progent has a team of seasoned cybersecurity specialists who can provide remote and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your security posture to guard against future attacks.

For companies who have prepared carefully for a security breach, the formal incident handling model promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a serious security incident.

Overview of Security Services
Managing network protection and preparedness for restoring critical information and systems after a security breach demands an on-going program involving an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's certified professionals can help your organization at all levels in your attempt to safeguard your information network, from security audits to creating a complete security strategy. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of Email-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Implementing Protected Environments
Every company should develop a carefully considered security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive elements. The proactive strategy is a collection of precautions that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive strategy specifies activities to assist security personnel to assess the damage resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the event, and revive business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate security into your company operations. Progent can install auditing utilities, define and execute a safe IT architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to set up a firewall, design secure online and mobile connectivity to e-mail and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an economical option for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services feature continual online server tracking and fast response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, deploy, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud resources and that comply with government security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration consulting.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in restoring systems and computers that have been hacked, are suspect, or have ceased to function because of a security attack. Progent can help evaluate the losses caused by the breach, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover information compromised owing to the assault. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive forensic evaluation by going over event logs and using other proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to suggest effective measures to prevent or mitigate new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Expertise
Progent offers the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct a network victimized by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware cleanup and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Consulting
Work-from-Home employees typically use their personal computing devices and usually work in a unsecured physical space. This situation multiplies their susceptibility to malware attacks and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive user education, and the creation of policies built on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of at-home workforce support experts can help you to design, configure and maintain a compliant security solution that guards vital information assets in networks that include telecommuters as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of all sizes a flexible and affordable alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, applying, and tracking software and firmware updates to your dynamic information system. Besides optimizing the security and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT staff to focus on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management platform that includes AI algorithms and advanced services to deliver comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact agents can be installed in minutes to protect popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated threats including ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojan viruses, hacking tools, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the first endpoint response tool deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware breach. For additional details, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response consulting.

Support 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 network to help you find, prioritize, remediate, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can deploy decoys called tripwires such as bogus credentials to find out when your network is currently being probed along common attack paths. Tripwires generate enough detail to allow you to take action promptly with your incident response workflows before an attacker can compromise your environment. Progent offers the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to deploy NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and delivers maximum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To find out additional details about Progent's vulnerability analysis services powered by on NodeZero's pentest platform, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Testing Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration checks without the awareness of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event history analysis are correctly configured and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing automatic penetration testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, overlooked patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be chained together 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 Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of managed services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoints and servers and VMs against new malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which easily escape legacy signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM protects local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to automate the complete malware attack progression including protection, infiltration detection, mitigation, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering via leading-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your company's specific needs and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that call for immediate action. Progent can also help you to set up and verify a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of subscription-based offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of critical files/folders, apps, images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you protect against data loss caused by hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, malicious insiders, or application bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection selection include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to identify which of these fully managed 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 service that uses the technology of top data security vendors to deliver web-based control and world-class security for 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 provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a further level of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the local gateway provides AV and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email traffic that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, see ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo authentication managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this second form of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate multiple validation devices. For more information about Duo identity validation services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and maintained by Progent's IT support professionals. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client owns the data, the operating system software, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to a different hosting solution without a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to create, update, retrieve and safeguard data about your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save up to half of time thrown away searching for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common location for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Learn more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's certified engineers can provide unique specialized help in vital facets of IT protection such as:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with information risk evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a variety of comprehensive network tests to reveal possible security problems. Progent has extensive experience with these and similar tools and can help you to analyze assessment results and respond appropriately. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web application testing and can perform thorough assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your company's compliance with key global security standards including HIPAA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security covering stationary wireless appliances as well as portable handsets. Find out more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Help
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver world-class consulting support for Cisco's entire range of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Learn more details concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Help.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
In addition to being expert in a broad array of network security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of any size expert consulting for security products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's consultants offer:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Support
• Check Point Consulting
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consulting
• WatchGuard Technologies Engineering Services
• Juniper/NetScreen Deployment and Support
• SonicWall Inc. Consulting
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Support
• Symantec Corp Help

Read additional information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Assistance.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered within CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security design and test systems, access control systems, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

Get more information concerning Progent's CISSP Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier security consultants have been awarded ISSAP status following rigorous testing and substantial experience. field experience with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth understanding of access management systems and techniques, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your company with all aspects of architecture security.

Get more details about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected IT Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven their ability to provide enterprises with the expertise associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your organization to utilize modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define effective design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend realistic security solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Expertise
The CISA accreditation is an important achievement that indicates mastery in IS security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates undergo a comprehensive examination administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security audit engineer able to help businesses in the areas of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT support, protecting data assets, and business continuity preparedness.

Find out additional details concerning Progent's CISA Support Services.

CRISC-certified Network Risk Management Experts
The CRISC program was established by ISACA to validate an IT professional's ability to design, implement, and maintain information system control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to create and carry out a workplace continuity plan based on leading practices identified by CRISC and geared to match your organization's risk tolerance, business goals, 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 IS control mechanisms and with the expertise of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing company-wide security policies.

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Global Information Assurance Certification Professional Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of computer security experts. GIAC's goal is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the knowledge needed to deliver support in key areas of network, data, and application program security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and government organizations throughout the world including U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified professionals for all of the network security services addressed under GIAC certification programs such as auditing networks, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your business is situated in Houston Texas and you're looking for computer security consulting, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Houston Metro Area.