Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate online help with network security problems, companies in Lubbock Texas have access to world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote service consultants are ready to offer effective and affordable assistance with security crises that are impacting the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security engineers are certified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced support for critical cybersecurity and restoration technologies including AI-based End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restore testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of services covers firewall expertise, email security, secure network architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support team has earned the world's most advanced security certifications including CISA and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent offers remote security support services on a per-minute basis with no minimum call duration and no extra charges for sign-up or after hours support. By billing per minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses under control and avoids scenarios where simple fixes result in big bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are commonly launched on weekends and late at night, when IT personnel may take longer to become aware of a break-in and are less able to organize a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware can manage within a target's network, the longer it will require to restore basic operations and damaged files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to carry out the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware experts can help you to identify and isolate infected devices and guard clean resources from being penetrated. If your system has been penetrated 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 Should We Do?
In case your business is currently experiencing a network security crisis other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Help to find out how to get immediate assistance. Progent has a pool of seasoned network security specialists who can provide online and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your security profile to protect against future attacks.

For organizations that have planned beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step incident response model outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's recommended method of reacting to a major security incident.

Introduction to Security Support Services
Managing data security plus preparedness for restoring vital information and functions after an attack requires a continual program that entails a variety of tools and processes. Progent's certified professionals can assist your organization at whatever level in your efforts to safeguard your IT network, from security assessments to creating a comprehensive security program. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Prevention, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Threats.

Designing and Building Secure Environments
Any organization should have a thoroughly considered security strategy that incorporates both preventive and responsive steps. The proactive plan is a set of steps that works to reduce security gaps. The post-attack plan defines procedures to help IT personnel to evaluate the losses resulting from a breach, remediate the damage, record the event, and revive network activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to design protection into your business processes. Progent can configure scanning software, define and execute a secure computer infrastructure, and propose processes and policies that will optimize the protection of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to assist you to configure a firewall, deploy secure offsite connectivity to email and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network.

If your company is interested in an affordable way for jobbing out your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services feature automated online network tracking and fast resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to plan, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with government data security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration consulting.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have ceased to function following a security attack. Progent can help determine the damage caused by the assault, restore normal business operations, and recover data lost owing to the event. Progent's security specialists can also manage a thorough failure analysis by going over event logs and utilizing other advanced assessment tools. Progent's experience with security consulting minimizes your business disruption and permits Progent to recommend effective strategies to avoid or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Expertise
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore a network compromised by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware removal and recovery services.

Work-from-Home Security Solutions
At-home workers typically use their personal computers and usually work in a unsecured physical environment. This multiplies their susceptibility to malware threats and requires judicious configuration of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, thorough user training, and the creation of security policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned team of telecommuter support experts can assist you to design, implement and maintain an effective security solution that guards vital information assets in networks that include an at-home workforce and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a versatile and affordable solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides maximizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic projects and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your information network. Read 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 threat defense stack that features computer learning algorithms and advanced services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile agents can be installed in a few minutes to defend popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated threats such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne is always the initial endpoint response software deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery emergency. For more information, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response expertise.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports repeated, concurrent, programmable testing of your network to help you identify, rank, fix, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically insert decoys called tripwires such as fake credentials to detect whether your environment is being probed across common attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient information to allow you to take action promptly with your SIEM workflows before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your network security and can help you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn additional information about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion checking is an important component of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can perform extensive penetration checks without the awareness of your company's internal network support staff. Stealth penetration checking uncovers whether current security defense systems such as intrusion incident alerts and event history monitoring are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can provide continuous automatic penetration testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, skipped patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks common to modern versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth PEN Evaluation Consultants.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight series of outsourced network management services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all facets of information assurance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis tools to defend endpoints and servers and VMs against new malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely evade legacy signature-based AV tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to automate the entire threat progression including blocking, identification, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a 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: Unified Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, workstations, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering via leading-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's specific needs and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with government and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you define and implement policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alerts that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to install and verify a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business rapidly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with advanced backup technology companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products automate and track your data backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid restoration of critical files/folders, applications, images, and VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business protect against data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, malware like ransomware, human mistakes, malicious employees, or software glitches. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these fully 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 filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of top information security vendors to provide web-based control and world-class security for all your email traffic. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne malware. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and keeps most unwanted email from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound threats and conserves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway device provides a further level of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo authentication service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured application and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are via a device that only you have and that uses a separate network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be used for this added form of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register multiple validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the operating system software, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hosting environment without requiring a time-consuming and technically risky reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into one hosting service. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, find and protect information related to your network infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be alerted about impending expirations of SSLs or domains. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can save up to half of time spent looking for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need the instant you need it. Learn more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers can provide unique specialized help in vital areas of network security including:

Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of automatic network tests to uncover potential security holes. Progent has extensive experience with these tools and can assist your company to understand assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's security consultants also provide web application validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with important worldwide security specifications including FISMA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Find out more details concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, secure broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst family switches. Learn additional details concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Help.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
As well as being expert in a wide range of security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers businesses of any size expert engineering services for solutions from other important firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

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

CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity administration procedures, security architecture and models, connection permission systems, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security consultants are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP certification following thorough testing and extensive experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth understanding of access management systems and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and DRP, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your company with all aspects of architecture security.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your organization to follow modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all key system functions, define effective design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend realistic security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's risk tolerance.

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CISA Security Auditor Consulting Services
The CISA credential is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that candidates pass an extensive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit consultant able to assist companies in the areas of IS audit process, information technology administration, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology support, protecting data resources, and business continuity planning.

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CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA to verify an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your company's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the support available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for objectively evaluating your IT management mechanisms and also with the services of Progent's CISM experts for implementing security policies.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Support Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of computer security experts. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited professional possesses the skills appropriate to provide services in important categories of network, information, and software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations throughout the world including U.S. National Security Agency. Progent can provide the help of certified consultants for any of the network security disciplines addressed under GIAC accreditation programs such as assessing security systems, security incident response, intrusion detection, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your business is situated in Lubbock Texas and you're looking for computer security consulting expertise, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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