Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For fast remote assistance with network security issues, businesses in Jersey City New Jersey have access to world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online service staff is ready to offer efficient and affordable assistance with security crises that threaten the viability of your IT network. Progent's security engineers are premier to provide help for systems based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class guidance for critical security and recovery technologies including AI-based End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad selection of services encompasses firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure system design, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support staff has earned the world's top security accreditations including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and CISSP.

Progent provides remote security assistance on a by-the-minute basis without minimum call duration and no extra fees for sign-up or after hours service. By charging per minute and by providing top-level expertise, Progent's pricing model keeps costs low and avoids situations where quick solutions entail major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way through a target network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a penetration and are less able to organize a quick and forceful defense. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve within a target's network, the longer it will require to recover core operations and damaged files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to complete the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to locate and isolate breached servers and endpoints and protect undamaged assets from being compromised. If your network has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Do We Do?
If your business is now faced with a network security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Support to learn how to get fast assistance. Progent has a pool of veteran network security specialists who offer remote and on-premises assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future attacks.

For businesses that have planned beforehand for an attack, the formal post-attack response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of reacting to a major security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Services
Managing data protection as well as preparedness for restoring critical data and functions after a security breach requires a continual program involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's security experts can assist your business at whatever level in your attempt to secure your information system, from security audits to designing a complete security strategy. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Threats.

Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Any business ought to have a carefully thought out security plan that includes both preventive and reactive activity. The proactive plan is a set of steps that helps to minimize security gaps. The reactive plan defines activities to assist security staff to assess the losses caused by an attack, repair the damage, record the experience, and revive business functions as soon as possible. Progent can show you how to design protection into your business processes. Progent can set up scanning software, create and execute a secure computer infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies that will maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy safe remote access to e-mail and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If your company is interested in an affordable way for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature continual remote system tracking and immediate resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud infrastructure and that comply with government and industry security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in restoring systems and computers that have been compromised, are in question, or have failed following a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses resulting from the attack, restore ordinary functions, and retrieve data lost owing to the assault. Progent's security engineers can also perform a thorough failure analysis by going over activity logs and using a variety of advanced forensics tools. Progent's background with security problems minimizes your business disruption and permits Progent to suggest efficient measures to prevent or contain future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Consulting
Progent offers the services of seasoned ransomware recovery experts with the skills to reconstruct an IT network damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Solutions
Work-from-Home employees commonly utilize their own computers and often operate in a poorly secured physical space. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware attacks and requires judicious deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive end-user education, and the creation of policies built on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of telecommuter support experts can assist your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards critical IT resources in networks that incorporate an at-home workforce as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your dynamic information system. In addition to maximizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services free up time for your IT team to focus on more strategic projects and activities that derive maximum business value from your network. Find out more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management stack that features AI software and professional services to provide comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint agents can be loaded in minutes to guard endpoints against modern threats such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking tools, memory exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is always the initial EDR response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For additional information, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) consulting.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
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 expose, rank, fix, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant decoys called tripwires like bogus files or credentials to detect whether your network is currently being probed across high-risk attack paths. Tripwires generate sufficient information to make it possible to take action promptly with your incident response workflows before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can determine your present security posture. Progent can also help you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers maximum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional details about Progent's threat assessment services powered by on NodeZero's pentest products, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Testing Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a key component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your organization's internal network support resources. Stealth penetration checking shows whether current security defense tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event history analysis are properly configured and actively monitored. Progent can provide continuous autonomous PEN testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, skipped patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to the latest strains of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Evaluation Experts.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight series of managed services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based machine learning technology to defend endpoint devices and physical and virtual servers against new malware assaults like ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by legacy signature-based AV tools. ProSight ASM protects local and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to automate the complete malware attack progression including blocking, identification, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint control, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies packaged within one agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can assist you to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's unique requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with government and industry data security standards. Progent will help you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that require immediate attention. Progent can also assist your company to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup processes and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of critical files/folders, applications, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you protect against data loss caused by equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, user error, malicious insiders, or application glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight DPS selection include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of leading information security vendors to provide centralized control and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway device to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that originates and ends within your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you sign into a secured online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm your identity on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this second means of ID validation including a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate multiple verification devices. For more information about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines 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 protected Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and maintained by Progent's network support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting environment without a lengthy and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting service. Learn more details 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 capture, maintain, retrieve and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and managing your IT documentation, you can save up to 50% of time thrown away trying to find vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized location for holding and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for gathering and relating IT data. Whether you're making enhancements, performing maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you need when you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers offer unique support in vital areas of IT security including:

Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive network tests to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has extensive experience with scanning tools and can help you to understand audit reports and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also provide web software validation and can perform expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key worldwide security standards including FISMA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection including in-place wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Find out additional information concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Consulting
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth technical support for Cisco's entire range of security and VPN solutions such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and integrated services routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Read additional information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
As well as being expert in a wide range of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of all sizes expert consulting for technologies from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Learn additional details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Assistance.

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security specialists who have earned CISSP accreditation through verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included under CISSP include security administration practices, security design and test systems, access control systems, applications development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

Read the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Consulting Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts are specialists who have earned ISSAP status as a result of rigorous testing and extensive experience. field experience with network security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access management mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated 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 skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to assist your organization to follow modern system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security mechanisms for all key system functions, define efficient design and configuration strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic security models that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Support Services
The CISA accreditation is a recognized qualification that signifies expertise in network security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has candidates undergo an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Certified security audit professional trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit process, information technology governance, network assets and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery planning.

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CRISC Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's ability to design, deploy, and maintain IS controls to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to create and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on leading practices identified by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for impartially auditing your IT management mechanisms and also with the services of Progent's CISM support professionals for implementing security policies and procedures.

Get additional information about Progent's CRISC-certified IT Risk Mitigation Consulting.

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of network security engineers. GIAC's goal is to assure that a certified professional possesses the knowledge needed to deliver support in key categories of system, information, and application security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations throughout the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the help of certified security engineers for all of the network security services covered within GIAC accreditation programs including assessing security systems, incident response, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your company is located in Jersey City New Jersey and you want cybersecurity engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support in the Greater New York City Metro Area including Stamford, and all of New Jersey.