Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

For immediate online assistance with network security issues, businesses in Lynnwood Washington have access to world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote service staff is ready to offer efficient and low-cost help with security emergencies that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security consultants are premier to provide help for environments powered by Microsoft, Linux, macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced help for vital cybersecurity and restoration solutions such as AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad range of services addresses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected system architecture, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's support staff has been awarded the world's most advanced security certifications including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and CISSP.

Progent offers remote security expertise on a by-the-minute model with no minimum call duration and no additional fees for setup or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by delivering top-level help, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates scenarios where quick fixes result in major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way through a network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and at night, when IT staff are likely to be slower to become aware of a penetration and are least able to organize a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to achieve inside a victim's system, the longer it takes to recover core IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to assist organizations to complete the urgent first steps in mitigating a ransomware attack by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can help businesses to identify and quarantine breached 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 Hacked: What Can We Do Now?
In case your business is now fighting a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Support to learn how to receive immediate aid. Progent has a pool of veteran network security experts who can provide online and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your security defense to guard against future attacks.

For businesses who have planned beforehand for an attack, the step-by-step post-attack handling procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a major security penetration.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Coordinating network security and planning for recovering vital data and systems after an attack requires a continual effort involving a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's certified security professionals can help your organization at all levels in your attempt to guard your IT system, ranging from security audits to creating a comprehensive security plan. Important technologies covered by Progent's experts include Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Secure Networks
Every company should develop a thoroughly thought out security strategy that includes both proactive and responsive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a collection of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The post-attack plan specifies activities to help IT personnel to evaluate the damage caused by an attack, repair the damage, record the event, and restore network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to design protection into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing utilities, create and implement a safe computer infrastructure, and propose procedures and policies to maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to set up a firewall, deploy safe remote access to e-mail and data, and install an effective virtual private network.

If your company is interested in an economical option for jobbing out your security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options feature automated remote system monitoring and quick response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, implement, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud-based infrastructure and that are compliant with government and industry security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration consulting.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in recovering systems and devices that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have failed as a result of a security penetration. Progent can help assess the damage caused by the attack, restore normal business operations, and recover data lost owing to the assault. Progent's certified specialists can also oversee a comprehensive failure analysis by going over activity logs and using other proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues reduces your off-air time and allows Progent to recommend efficient measures to prevent or mitigate new attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Services
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the skills to rebuild an environment damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or Locky. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery expertise.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
Work-from-Home employees commonly use their personal devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This increases their susceptibility to cyber attacks and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive end-user training, and the development of policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of Work-from-home solutions experts can assist you to design, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects critical information assets in networks that include telecommuters and hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management provide businesses of any size a versatile and affordable solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your dynamic information network. Besides maximizing the security and reliability of your computer network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your in-house IT team to focus on more strategic projects and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management platform that features computer learning software and professional services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact agents can be loaded in a few minutes to guard endpoints against modern threats including ransomware, known and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, malicious scripts, invasive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the first incident response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware breach. For additional details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response consulting.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver repeated, simultaneous, automated assessment of your internal and perimeter network so you can uncover, rank, fix, and confirm security vulnerabilities before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can deploy so-called tripwires like bogus files or credentials to find out whether your system is actively being probed across key attack paths. Tripwires generate enough detail to allow you to react quickly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to use NodeZero to perform comprehensive penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to determine your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your network security and can help you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's threat assessment services powered by on NodeZero's PEN test platform, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Evaluation Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important component of any overall network security plan. Progent's security professionals can run extensive penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's internal IT resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether current security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event history analysis are properly set up and actively monitored. Progent can implement continuous automatic PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, uninstalled patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-front attacks typical of the latest variants of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Testing Services.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's affordable ProSight portfolio of network monitoring and management services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all facets of information assurance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning technology to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against new malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely get by traditional signature-matching AV tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to automate the complete malware attack lifecycle including protection, identification, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services offer affordable in-depth protection for physical and virtual servers, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies packaged within a single agent managed from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's unique needs and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that call for immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to install and test a backup and restore solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with advanced backup product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a selection of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services automate and track your backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid recovery of important files, apps, system images, plus Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss caused by equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human mistakes, malicious insiders, or software bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to identify which of these managed services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the infrastructure of leading information security vendors to deliver centralized management and comprehensive protection for all your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with an on-premises gateway appliance to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks the vast majority of threats from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway device adds a deeper level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo authentication managed 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 iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a device that only you have and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be used as this added means of authentication such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, visit Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hardware environment without requiring a time-consuming and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into one 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 allows you to create, maintain, find and safeguard data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your network documentation, you can save as much as half of time spent looking for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized repository for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're making improvements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require as soon as you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants can provide unique consulting support in vital areas of network security such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation software like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a variety of comprehensive system scans to identify possible security gaps. Progent has broad skills with testing tools and can assist your company to analyze audit reports and react efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web software testing and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major global security specifications such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless protection including in-place wireless appliances plus mobile devices. Read more information concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver in-depth consulting services for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network technologies including PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Read more information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to supporting a broad range of protection technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers businesses of any size advanced support for technologies from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network vendors. Progent's consultants offer:

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

Find out more details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Support Expertise.

CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have earned CISSP status through demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included under CISSP include security administration practices, security architecture and test systems, connection control systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security experts have earned ISSAP certification following thorough examination and extensive experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants possess in-depth knowledge of access management mechanisms and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your business with all phases of architecture security.

Learn additional details concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure System Infrastructure Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your organization to utilize modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, develop efficient configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose practical security models that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

Learn the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineering Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in IS security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has candidates pass a comprehensive test overseen by the ISACA international professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Premier security professional able to assist companies in the fields of IS audit process, IT administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery planning.

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

CRISC IT Risk Management Consultants
The CRISC certification program was established by ISACA to validate a consultant's skills to plan, deploy, and support information system controls to reduce risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to develop and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery plan that follows industry best practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk management expertise is complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for objectively assessing your IT management mechanisms and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.

Find out additional information about Progent's CRISC-certified Network Risk Mitigation Expertise.

GIAC Support Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional possesses the skills appropriate to deliver support in critical categories of system, information, and application program security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including United States National Security Agency. Progent offers the help of GIAC certified security engineers for all of the network security disciplines addressed under GIAC certification programs including assessing IT infrastructure, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your business is situated in Lynnwood Washington and you're looking for network security expertise, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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