Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast online assistance with computer security problems, businesses in Kansas City Missouri have access to world-class troubleshooting from Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is ready to provide fast and low-cost assistance with security issues that threaten the viability of your network. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to support systems based on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver expert support for key security and restoration technologies like AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restore validation, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad range of consulting services covers firewall configuration, email security, protected network infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's top security certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent offers online security support services on a per-minute basis with no minimum times and without extra charges for setup or off-hour support. By charging per minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's pricing model keeps expenses low and avoids situations where quick fixes entail major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way through a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT personnel are likely to take longer to become aware of a break-in and are least able to mount a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to manage within a target's system, the more time it will require to restore basic operations and damaged files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist you to carry out the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist you to identify and quarantine infected devices and protect clean resources from being compromised. If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do Now?
If your business is now fighting a security emergency other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Support to see how to receive immediate aid. Progent has a pool of veteran network security experts who offer remote and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your security defense to protect against future attacks.

For companies who have planned beforehand for being hacked, the formal post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of handling a serious security incident.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Managing network protection and preparedness for recovering vital information and systems after a security breach requires an on-going effort involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security professionals can assist your business at any level in your efforts to secure your IT system, ranging from security evaluation to creating a complete security plan. Some areas covered by Progent's experts include Planning and Prevention, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Managed Filtering of Email-Borne Attacks.

Designing and Building Secure Networks
Every business ought to develop a thoroughly thought out security plan that incorporates both preventive and reactive elements. The pre-attack plan is a set of precautions that helps to reduce security gaps. The post-attack strategy defines activities to assist security staff to evaluate the damage caused by a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and restore network activity as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to build security into your business processes. Progent can configure scanning software, define and execute a safe computer architecture, and propose processes and policies to enhance the safety of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to help you to set up a firewall, design protected online and mobile access to email and data, and configure an efficient VPN.

If you are looking for an affordable way for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Packages feature non-stop remote system monitoring and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with government and industry data security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are in question, or have stopped working because of a security breakdown. Progent can help assess the damage resulting from the assault, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised owing to the event. Progent's security specialists can also perform a comprehensive forensic evaluation by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of advanced forensics tools. Progent's experience with security consulting minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to recommend effective ways to prevent or contain new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to reconstruct a network damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. To learn more, see ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers typically use their personal computers and usually operate in a poorly secured physical area. This multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires careful deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user training, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of at-home workforce solutions consultants can assist you to plan, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards critical information assets in environments that incorporate an at-home workforce as well as hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of all sizes a flexible and affordable alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving IT network. Besides optimizing the protection and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that derive maximum business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management stack that includes AI software and advanced services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint agents can be loaded in a few minutes to guard popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats including ransomware, familiar and zero-day malware, trojan viruses, hacking tool sets, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is invariably the first endpoint response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's network at the outset of a ransomware emergency. For additional information, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response services.

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 repeated, concurrent, automated assessment of your internal and perimeter network to help you uncover, prioritize, remediate, and verify security vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant decoys called tripwires like bogus credentials to detect when your environment is currently being probed across proven attack paths. Tripwires generate enough detail to make it possible to react quickly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an attacker can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to use NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your current security profile. Progent can also help you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides optimum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional details about Progent's vulnerability analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's pentest products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Testing Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important component of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can run thorough intrusion tests without the knowledge of your organization's in-house IT staff. Stealth penetration testing uncovers whether existing security defense systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event history monitoring are properly configured and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing automatic PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, harvested credentials, skipped patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-front attacks common to modern strains of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Assessment Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning technology to defend endpoints and physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to address the complete malware attack lifecycle including filtering, identification, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time network-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver economical multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies packaged within one agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's specific needs and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry data security standards. 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 urgent action. Progent can also help your company to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of subscription-based management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products automate and track your data backup operations and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of critical files, applications, system images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS lets your business recover from data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or software bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are best suited for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that uses the technology of top data security companies to provide centralized management and comprehensive security for your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to offer advanced protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne threats. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your security perimeter. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance provides a further layer of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the onsite gateway provides AV and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that stays inside your security perimeter. 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 services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are asked to confirm your identity on a device that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized for this second form of ID validation such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. For more information about Duo identity validation services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client owns the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be ported easily to an alternate hardware environment without requiring a time-consuming and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting provider. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, retrieve and protect data about your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save up to half of time wasted trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized 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 supports advanced automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you're planning improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you need the instant you need it. Learn more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants offer unique support in vital areas of computer protection such as:

Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Testing
Progent provides expertise with security auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a set of comprehensive network tests to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has extensive experience with scanning utilities and can assist your company to analyze assessment results and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web application validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with important worldwide security standards such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless appliances as well as portable devices. Get the details about Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Help
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can deliver world-class consulting support for Cisco's complete range of protection and VPN solutions such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected broadband and IS routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Learn more details about Cisco Security, VPN and Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
In addition to supporting a wide range of protection technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of all sizes expert engineering services for products from other popular firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

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

Read more information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification through verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise covered within CISSP include cybersecurity administration practices, security design and models, access permission systems, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP certification as a result of thorough examination and significant hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive knowledge of access control systems and methodologies, phone system and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Read more information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected System Infrastructure Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide enterprises with the services 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 network security expert to assist your organization to follow modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, develop effective design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's tolerance for risk.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting.

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a globally recognized achievement that signifies expertise in network security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates undergo an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security engineer trained to help companies in the areas of IS audit services, information technology administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT support, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Find out additional details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Professional Services.

CRISC-certified Risk Management Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's skills to plan, implement, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to help you to create and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your organization's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's risk management services are complementary to the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively assessing your IT control mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM support professionals for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Get more details about Progent's CRISC-certified IT Risk Mitigation Consulting.

Global Information Assurance Certification Consulting Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of network security experts. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited professional has the knowledge appropriate to provide services in key categories of network, information, and software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations around the world including U.S. National Security Agency. Progent offers the support of certified consultants for all of the network security services addressed under GIAC certification topics including assessing perimeters, incident response, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

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

Contact Progent for Network Security Help
If your organization is located in Kansas City Missouri and you're trying to find network security engineering help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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