Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For immediate online assistance with network security problems, companies in Madison Wisconsin can find world-class troubleshooting from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online service consultants are available to offer effective and affordable assistance with security problems that threaten the viability of your IT network. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide expert help for vital security and restoration technologies such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), complete system restore testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of services covers firewall technology, email security, secure network architecture, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's support staff has earned the world's most advanced security credentials including GIAC and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent offers remote security support on a by-the-minute model without minimum call duration and no additional charges for sign-up or after hours service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's pricing structure keeps costs low and eliminates situations where simple solutions turn into big bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and at night, when IT staff may take longer to recognize a breach and are least able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can make within a victim's network, the longer 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 guide you to complete the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware experts can help you to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect undamaged resources from being penetrated. If your network has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case you are now experiencing a network security emergency other than ransomware, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Network Support to find out how to receive immediate assistance. Progent maintains a pool of certified network security specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity posture to guard against future attacks.

For companies who have prepared in advance for being hacked, the step-by-step incident response model promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of reacting to a serious security attack.

Overview of Security Expertise
Managing network security as well as staying ready for recovering vital data and functions after an attack demands an on-going program that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security engineers can help your business at any level in your efforts to guard your IT network, ranging from security audits to creating a comprehensive security strategy. Important areas supported by Progent's experts include Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Protection from Email-Based Threats.

Planning and Building Secure Environments
Any company ought to develop a thoroughly considered security plan that includes both preventive and responsive steps. The proactive strategy is a collection of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The reactive plan specifies procedures to assist IT staff to evaluate the damage caused by a breach, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive business activity as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to build security into your business operations. Progent can configure auditing software, define and implement a secure IT architecture, and propose procedures and policies that will optimize the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to assist you to set up a firewall, design protected online and mobile connectivity to email and data, and configure an effective virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an economical way for outsourcing your security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Packages include automated online server monitoring and immediate resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, deploy, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud-based resources and that comply with government and industry data security requirements. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 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.)

Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in restoring networks and devices that have been hacked, are suspect, or have failed following a security attack. Progent can help assess the damage resulting from the assault, restore normal business operations, and retrieve data lost as a result of the assault. Progent's security specialists can also oversee a thorough failure analysis by examining activity logs and utilizing a variety of proven forensics tools. Progent's background with security problems minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to suggest efficient ways to avoid or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Consulting
Progent can provide the help of proven ransomware recovery experts with the skills to reconstruct a network compromised by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, visit ransomware removal and restoration consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Expertise
At-home workers commonly use their own computers and usually operate in a unsecured physical area. This multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for careful deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the creation of security policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of at-home workforce support consultants can assist your business to design, deploy and maintain an effective security solution that protects vital information assets in environments that incorporate at-home workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of any size a flexible and affordable alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic information system. Besides optimizing the security and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services allow your IT staff to concentrate on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive the highest business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management platform 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 installed in minutes to protect endpoints against increasingly sophisticated assaults such as ransomware, known and zero-day malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, malicious scripts, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial endpoint response software activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's system at the outset of a ransomware recovery emergency. For additional information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) consulting.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, simultaneous, automated testing of your network so you can expose, rank, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically insert decoys called tripwires such as bogus credentials to detect whether your environment is being targeted across various attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to make it possible to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can compromise your environment. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your present security posture. Progent can also help you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and delivers optimum cyber defense for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn more information about Progent's threat analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's pentest platform, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Evaluation Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a key part of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can perform extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your organization's internal IT resources. Unannounced penetration testing shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event log analysis are correctly set up and actively observed. Progent can provide continuous autonomous penetration testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, overlooked patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to the latest versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth PEN Testing Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network management outsourcing 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. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoint devices as well as servers and VMs against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely escape traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a single platform to address the complete malware attack lifecycle including blocking, infiltration detection, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Key features include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, intrusion alerts, endpoint control, and web filtering via leading-edge tools incorporated within a single agent accessible from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization experts can help your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your organization's specific needs and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that require urgent action. Progent can also assist you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your backup operations and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of important files, apps, system images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business avoid data loss caused by hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, user mistakes, malicious employees, or software glitches. Managed backup 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 DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these managed backup services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the infrastructure of top information security vendors to provide web-based control and world-class security for your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway device to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne threats. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer acts as a first line of defense and blocks most unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a deeper level of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more details, see Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo MFA managed services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of devices can be utilized as this added means of ID validation such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can register multiple validation devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a fast virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer owns the data, the OS software, and the apps. Since the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hardware solution without requiring a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into one hosting provider. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, find and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically 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 spent trying to find vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common repository for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your business network like recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for gathering and relating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you need when you need it. Find out more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

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

Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides expertise with information risk evaluation software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a set of comprehensive network tests to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad experience with testing tools and can help your company to analyze audit results and respond efficiently. Progent's security engineers also provide web software validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your organization's compliance with key global security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including stationary wireless equipment as well as portable devices. Find out the details concerning Progent's Information Risk Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver world-class technical support for Cisco's entire range of protection and VPN technologies including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, Aironet wireless access points, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst family switches. Find out the details about Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Expertise.

Additional Firewall and VPN Technologies
In addition to being expert in a broad array of security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of all sizes expert support for technologies from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Configuration Help
• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd Expertise
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consultants
• WatchGuard Technologies Help
• Juniper Networks Integration
• SonicWall Expertise
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Engineering Services
• Symantec Engineering Services

Find out more information about Progent's CISM Security Support Services.

CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP status through verified professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in a worldwide standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise included within CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and models, connection control methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants are specialists who have earned ISSAP status after rigorous testing and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can assist your business with all phases of secure network architecture.

Learn additional information about Progent's ISSAP Accredited Secure Network Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide enterprises with the expertise expected of 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 cybersecurity expert to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review system security designs based on security engineering leading practices, create viable system designs that include compliant security features for all critical system functions, develop efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose realistic security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is an important achievement that signifies expertise in information system security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA accreditation has consultants pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security professional able to help companies in the fields of IS audit process, IT administration, network assets and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology service delivery, protecting data assets, and business continuity planning.

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CRISC-certified Risk Management Experts
The CRISC certification program was established by ISACA to validate an IT professional's skills to plan, deploy, and support IS controls to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to create and execute a business continuity plan based on leading practices promoted by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk mitigation services are a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively assessing your IT control design and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM consultants for designing company-wide security policies.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to make sure that an accredited professional has the knowledge necessary to deliver services in important categories of network, data, and application software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions around the world including United States NSA. Progent offers the help of certified consultants for all of the network security disciplines covered within GIAC accreditation topics including auditing security systems, incident response, traffic analysis, web application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Help
If your organization is located in Madison Wisconsin and you're looking for cybersecurity help, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the state of Wisconsin.