Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote assistance with data security issues, businesses in Manchester United Kingdom have access to high-level expertise by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's online service consultants are ready to provide efficient and economical help with security issues that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited consultants are premier to support systems based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced guidance for vital cybersecurity and restoration technologies such as AI-based End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide array of services covers firewall expertise, email security, protected network design, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has earned the industry's most advanced security accreditations including Global Information Assurance Certification and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Progent offers online security expertise on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum call duration and without extra charges for setup or off-hour service. By charging by the minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where simple fixes result in big charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are typically unleashed on weekends and at night, when support personnel may be slower to become aware of a break-in and are least able to organize a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral movement ransomware can achieve within a victim's network, the longer it will require to restore core operations and damaged files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to assist you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist you to locate and quarantine breached devices and guard clean resources from being compromised. If your network has been breached by any strain of ransomware, act fast. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Attacked: What Can We Do Now?
If your network is now faced with a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Computer Help to learn how to receive fast aid. Progent has a team of certified cybersecurity specialists who offer online and onsite support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity profile to protect against future exploits.

For businesses who have planned in advance for a security breach, the step-by-step incident handling model promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of handling a serious security incident.

Overview of Security Services
Coordinating network protection plus preparedness for recovering critical information and functions following an attack requires a continual effort involving an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's security consultants can help your business at whatever level in your attempt to guard your IT network, from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security plan. Some technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Recovery and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Borne Threats.

Planning and Building Secure Environments
Any business should have a carefully thought out security plan that incorporates both proactive and reactive elements. The pre-attack strategy is a set of precautions that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack plan specifies activities to assist IT personnel to inventory the losses resulting from a breach, remediate the damage, record the experience, and revive network functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate security into your business processes. Progent can set up auditing software, define and build a secure network architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security experts are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy safe remote connectivity to email and information, and configure an efficient VPN.

If your company is looking for an economical way for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options feature continual online network monitoring and immediate resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud resources and that comply with regulatory security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration expertise.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent offers expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have failed following a security breakdown. Progent can help determine the losses caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover data compromised as a result of the assault. Progent's security specialists can also manage a thorough forensic evaluation by examining activity logs and using other advanced forensics techniques. Progent's background with security issues reduces your business disruption and allows Progent to propose efficient strategies to prevent or mitigate new assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Consulting
Progent offers the services of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore an environment damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery services.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Expertise
At-home employees typically utilize their personal devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical space. This situation increases their susceptibility to cyber attacks and requires careful deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of policies based on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of at-home workforce solutions experts can assist your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards critical IT assets in environments that incorporate remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide businesses of any size a versatile and affordable solution for evaluating, validating, scheduling, implementing, and tracking software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving IT network. In addition to optimizing the security and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services free up time for your in-house IT team to concentrate on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive the highest business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management stack that features computer learning software and advanced services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile software agents can be installed in minutes to protect endpoints against modern assaults including ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking tool sets, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is always the first EDR response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's network at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For additional information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response consulting.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, simultaneous, automated assessment of your internal and perimeter network to help you uncover, rank, fix, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically insert decoys called tripwires such as bogus credentials to detect whether your system is being targeted along various attack vectors. Tripwires generate enough detail to make it possible to react promptly with your SIEM workflows before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent can provide the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to use NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can help you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers optimum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional information about Progent's threat assessment services based on on NodeZero's PEN test products, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion checking 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 network support staff. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event history monitoring are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can provide continuous autonomous penetration testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, missing patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be chained together by hackers into the multi-vector attacks typical of 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 value-priced ProSight portfolio of network management outsourcing services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning technology to defend endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by traditional signature-based AV products. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to address the entire malware attack lifecycle including blocking, identification, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic system-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a certified 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
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services offer economical in-depth protection for physical servers and VMs, desktops, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, device management, and web filtering via cutting-edge technologies packaged within a single agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your company's unique requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that require urgent action. Progent 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 such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore product companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and monitor your backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of critical files, apps, system images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you protect against data loss caused by hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human error, malicious employees, or software glitches. Managed services in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to determine which of these managed services are best suited for your network.

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 incorporates the technology of leading information security vendors to provide centralized control and world-class security for your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway appliance to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. The Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of threats from making it to your security perimeter. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a deeper level of analysis for incoming email. For outgoing email, the onsite security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your security perimeter. For more details, see Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables one-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, when you log into a protected application and enter your password you are requested to verify who you are via a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be used as this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several verification devices. For details about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

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 critical servers and applications hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and maintained by Progent's IT support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hardware environment without a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting service. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, retrieve and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or IP addresses and be alerted about impending expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate as much as half of time wasted looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized repository for holding and sharing all documents related to managing your business network such as standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're planning improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's security consultants offer world-class specialized help in key areas of IT security including:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with security evaluation utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of comprehensive network scans to identify potential security gaps. Progent has broad experience with these utilities and can assist your company to analyze assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's security consultants also can perform web software testing and can conduct thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major industry security specifications such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection including stationary wireless appliances as well as mobile devices. Get additional information about Progent's Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco CCNP experts can provide world-class technical services for Cisco's complete family of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Get more information concerning Cisco Security, VPN and Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
In addition to supporting a broad range of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size advanced support for security products from other popular firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Get additional details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of verified professional work, extensive study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP status accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity administration practices, security architecture and models, access control systems, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Learn more information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified cybersecurity consultants have been awarded ISSAP accreditation as a result of thorough testing and extensive hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired in-depth knowledge of access management mechanisms and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can assist your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Get additional information concerning Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected IT Infrastructure Engineering Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified 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 can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that include compliant security features for all key system functions, develop efficient configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Expertise
The CISA accreditation is a prestigious achievement that indicates mastery in information system security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has consultants pass a comprehensive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security engineer trained to help companies in the fields of IS audit process, IT administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT support, safeguarding data assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Find out more details about Progent's CISA Support Expertise.

CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Experts
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA to validate an IT professional's ability to design, deploy, and maintain IS controls to reduce risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help you to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk management services are complementary to the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for objectively evaluating your IS management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for defining security policies.

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Global Information Assurance Certification Professional Services
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security engineers. GIAC's goal is to ensure that an accredited professional has the knowledge needed to provide support in vital areas of network, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the support of GIAC certified consultants for any of the network security services addressed within GIAC accreditation programs including assessing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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

Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Expertise
If your business is situated in Manchester United Kingdom and you're looking for cybersecurity engineering help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout New England.