Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate remote help with computer security issues, businesses in Irving Texas have access to high-level troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote service consultants are available to provide effective and affordable assistance with security problems that threaten the viability of your network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to support environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class guidance for key cybersecurity and recovery solutions like AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restoration testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide range of services addresses firewall expertise, email security, protected system design, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's most advanced security accreditations including CISM and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent offers online security expertise on a per-minute model without minimum minutes and no additional charges for setup or off-hour service. By billing per minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses under control and avoids situations where simple solutions turn into major bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to work its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and at night, when support personnel may take longer to recognize a penetration and are less able to mount a quick and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage inside a victim's network, the longer 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 guide organizations to complete the time-critical first steps in responding to a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to locate and isolate infected servers and endpoints and guard undamaged assets from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Attacked: What Can We Do Now?
In case you are currently experiencing a security crisis other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Online Computer Help to find out how to receive immediate help. Progent has a pool of veteran cybersecurity specialists who offer online and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity profile to protect against future exploits.

For companies who have prepared carefully for being hacked, the formal incident handling procedure promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's recommended method of responding to a major security attack.

Overview of Security Support Services
Managing network security plus preparedness for restoring vital information and systems following a security breach demands an on-going effort involving an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified experts can assist your business at any level in your attempt to safeguard your IT system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a complete security strategy. Key areas covered by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Threats.

Designing and Implementing Secure Environments
Every business ought to have a carefully considered security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The reactive plan defines procedures to assist security personnel to evaluate the damage caused by a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and restore business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate security into your company operations. Progent can install scanning utilities, create and build a safe network infrastructure, and recommend processes and policies that will maximize the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy protected online and mobile access to email and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network.

If you are looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Packages feature non-stop online server monitoring and fast response to emergencies.

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

Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have ceased to function following a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to assess the losses caused by the attack, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve information compromised as a result of the breach. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a thorough forensic analysis by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of proven assessment techniques. Progent's experience with security consulting minimizes your business disruption and permits Progent to propose efficient strategies to prevent or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services
Progent offers the services of proven ransomware recovery experts with the skills to rebuild a network victimized by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware cleanup and restoration expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Consulting
Work-from-Home employees commonly utilize their personal computers and often work in a unsecured physical area. This situation increases their vulnerability to malware threats and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive end-user training, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran group of at-home workforce support consultants can assist you to design, deploy and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects vital IT resources in environments that incorporate an at-home workforce and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide businesses of any size a flexible and affordable solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting updates to your dynamic information system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services free up time for your IT staff to concentrate on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your network. Find out more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management stack that features AI software and professional services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile agents can be loaded in minutes to guard endpoints against modern threats including ransomware, known and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne is invariably the first EDR response software deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For additional details, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver repeated, simultaneous, programmable assessment of your network to help you find, prioritize, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can deploy so-called tripwires such as bogus credentials to detect when your system is currently being targeted across various attack paths. Tripwires generate sufficient information to allow you to react promptly with your SIEM workflows before an assailant can do serious damage. Progent offers the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your network security and can help you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional details about Progent's threat analysis services based on on NodeZero's pentest products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Evaluation Services
Stealth penetration checking is an important part of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can run thorough intrusion checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event history monitoring are correctly set up and actively monitored. Progent can provide continuous autonomous PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, overlooked patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-front attacks common to modern versions of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth PEN Assessment Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's value-priced ProSight family of managed services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis technology to defend endpoint devices as well as servers and VMs against modern malware attacks like ransomware and email phishing, which easily escape legacy signature-based AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud resources and provides a single platform to manage the entire threat progression including filtering, identification, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Top features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver ultra-affordable in-depth protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and responding to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alarms, device management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies packaged within one agent accessible from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can help you to design and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's unique requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover quickly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and monitor your data backup operations and enable non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of vital files/folders, apps, images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business recover from data loss resulting from equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human error, malicious employees, or software glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent service representative can help you to identify which of these managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that incorporates the technology of leading information security companies to provide centralized control and comprehensive protection for your email traffic. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. The cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance provides a further layer of inspection for incoming email. For outgoing email, the on-premises 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 monitor and protect internal email that originates and ends within your security perimeter. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity verification on Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized as this second form of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may register multiple verification devices. To learn more about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's IT support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer owns the data, the OS software, and the apps. Since the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hardware solution without requiring a time-consuming and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting service. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, update, find and safeguard information about your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By updating and managing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time spent trying to find critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network such as standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you're making improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you require when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

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

Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk evaluation software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of comprehensive system scans to uncover potential security gaps. Progent has broad skills with testing utilities and can help your company to analyze assessment reports and react efficiently. Progent's security engineers also provide web application validation and can conduct thorough assessments of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with major global security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security including in-place wireless equipment as well as portable devices. Read additional information concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth technical services for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and IS routers, wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst switches. Find out additional information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Expertise.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
As well as supporting a broad range of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers businesses of all sizes advanced consulting for security products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Deployment and Support
• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Consulting
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consulting
• WatchGuard Technical Assistance
• Juniper and NetScreen Deployment and Support
• SonicWall Support
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Support
• Symantec Help

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

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have earned CISSP status through verified experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for information 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 models, connection permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified cybersecurity consultants have earned ISSAP certification after rigorous examination and extensive experience. field experience with network security architecture. ISSAP security experts possess comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

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

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the expertise 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 help your enterprise to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on security engineering leading practices, produce viable system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend realistic cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a recognized achievement that represents expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an exhaustive test administered by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security audit professional able to help businesses in the fields of information systems audit process, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, safeguarding data assets, and business continuity planning.

Find out more information concerning Progent's CISA Support Expertise.

CRISC-certified Risk Management Specialists
The CRISC program was established by ISACA to verify an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and maintain information system control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to develop and execute a business continuity plan that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially auditing your IS management mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified experts for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.

Learn additional information about Progent's CRISC-certified Risk Management Expertise.

GIAC Consulting Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security experts. GIAC's mission is to assure that an accredited security consultant has the skills appropriate to provide services in vital areas of network, data, and program security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by companies and government organizations throughout the world including U.S. NSA. Progent offers the help of certified professionals for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification topics such as auditing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Support
If your organization is located in Irving Texas and you need cybersecurity expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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