Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For fast remote help with data security problems, businesses in Huntington Beach California can find high-level troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote support staff is ready to provide efficient and economical assistance with security problems that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited engineers are certified to support environments based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced guidance for critical cybersecurity and restoration solutions such as AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad array of services addresses firewall configuration, email security, secure network design, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security credentials including CISA and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent provides online security expertise on a by-the-minute model without minimum minutes and no extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By charging per minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses under control and avoids scenarios where quick fixes result in big charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way through a network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a penetration and are less able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to make inside a victim's system, the longer it will require to recover basic IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help organizations to carry out the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist you to locate and quarantine infected devices and protect undamaged resources from being compromised. If your system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Attacked: What Can We Do?
In case you are now fighting a security crisis other than ransomware, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Network Support to see how to receive immediate help. Progent maintains a pool of certified network security experts who offer remote and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future exploits.

For businesses who have planned in advance for being hacked, the step-by-step post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of responding to a serious security incident.

Overview of Security Support Services
Managing network protection and preparedness for recovering critical information and functions after a security breach requires a continual program involving an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified experts can help your organization at any level in your attempt to guard your IT network, ranging from security audits to creating a comprehensive security program. Important technologies covered by Progent's experts include Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Based Attacks.

Planning and Implementing Protected Networks
Any business should develop a carefully thought out security plan that includes both preventive and reactive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that works to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive plan specifies activities to help IT personnel to inventory the damage caused by a breach, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore business functions as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your business operations. Progent can configure scanning software, define and execute a secure computer architecture, and propose processes and policies that will maximize the protection of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, design protected offsite connectivity to e-mail and information, and configure an effective VPN.

If your company is interested in an economical option for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature continual remote network monitoring and immediate response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud resources and that are compliant with government security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration consulting.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent has skill in restoring networks and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have failed as a result of a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses resulting from the breach, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the event. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive failure evaluation by going over event logs and utilizing other advanced assessment techniques. Progent's experience with security issues minimizes your downtime and allows Progent to propose effective measures to avoid or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Expertise
Progent can provide the help of seasoned ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to rebuild an IT network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware cleanup and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
Work-from-Home employees typically use their personal computing devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical space. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to malware threats and requires judicious configuration of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned roster of telecommuter solutions experts can assist you to design, configure and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that protects critical IT resources in environments that incorporate remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management offer organizations of all sizes a versatile and affordable solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting updates to your dynamic information network. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services allow your IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive maximum business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management stack that includes computer learning algorithms and expert services to provide comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact agents can be installed in minutes to guard endpoints against modern cyberthreats including ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking tools, memory exploits, malicious scripts, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is always the initial incident response tool activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's network at the outset of a ransomware breach. For additional details, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver continuous, concurrent, programmable assessment of your network to help you find, rank, fix, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant so-called tripwires like fake credentials to detect when your network is being targeted along various attack vectors. Tripwires generate enough detail to allow you to take action promptly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to evaluate your present security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can help you to design and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and provides optimum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, and perimeter IT resources. To find out more information about Progent's vulnerability analysis solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, refer to Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Testing Services
Stealth intrusion testing is an important part of any overall network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can run thorough intrusion tests without the awareness of your company's in-house IT resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event history monitoring are correctly configured and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing automatic penetration testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, overlooked patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to modern versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Consultants.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network management outsourcing 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 (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning tools to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against new malware attacks like ransomware and email phishing, which easily escape traditional signature-matching AV tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and provides a single platform to manage the entire threat lifecycle including blocking, detection, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device management, and web filtering via cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's specific requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alarms that call for urgent action. Progent can also help your company to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a destructive security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and monitor your backup operations and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of vital files, apps, images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business protect against data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, user error, malicious employees, or application bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can help you to determine 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 Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of top information security companies to deliver web-based control and world-class protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises gateway appliance to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and keeps most unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance adds a further level of inspection for inbound 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 help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays within your security perimeter. For more details, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a secured application and give your password you are asked to verify your identity on a device that only you possess and that uses a separate network channel. A wide range 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 telephone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and applications hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support professionals. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to a different hardware environment without a time-consuming and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied one hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to create, maintain, retrieve and safeguard data about your IT infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be alerted about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and organizing your IT documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time spent trying to find critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common location for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your network infrastructure like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're making improvements, doing maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you require when you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants offer world-class specialized help in key areas of network protection such as:

Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with security evaluation tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a variety of automatic system tests to identify possible security problems. Progent has broad skills with scanning utilities and can assist your company to understand assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web application validation and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with important global security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Learn more information concerning Progent's Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Help
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide in-depth technical services for Cisco's complete range of protection and Virtual Private Network technologies such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Get more details about Cisco Security, VPN and Aironet Wireless Help.

Additional Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to being expert in a wide range of security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of all sizes expert engineering services for solutions from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's engineers can provide:

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

Read additional information about Progent's CISM Security Support Expertise.

CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP accreditation as a result of verified professional work, rigorous study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and test systems, access control systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

Read additional details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP certification as a result of thorough testing and extensive experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Read more information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected IT Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the skills 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 based on security engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services
The CISA credential is an important qualification that indicates mastery in network security auditing. Certified by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants pass an exhaustive test administered by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security engineer trained to help businesses in the areas of IS audit process, IT governance, systems and infrastructure planned useful life, IT support, safeguarding information resources, and business continuity planning.

Learn the details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Services.

CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Experts
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA to validate a consultant's ability to plan, deploy, and support information system controls to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to develop and execute a workplace continuity plan that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation services are complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively auditing your IS control mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Read the details concerning Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Management Consulting.

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Expertise
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of network security experts. GIAC's mission is to assure that a certified professional possesses the skills appropriate to deliver support in key categories of network, information, and application program security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and government organizations all over the world including U.S. National Security Agency. Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified consultants for any of the security capabilities addressed under GIAC certification topics including assessing IT infrastructure, incident response, traffic analysis, web application security, and SIEM solutions.

Read more information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Expertise.

Contact Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your business is located in Huntington Beach California and you need cybersecurity support services, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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