Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate remote help with computer security issues, businesses in Milwaukee Wisconsin can find world-class expertise from Progent's security professionals. Progent's remote support staff is available to offer effective and affordable assistance with security crises that are impacting the viability of your information system. Progent's security engineers are certified to support environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver world-class support for key security and recovery solutions such as AI-based End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), complete system restoration testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide range of services covers firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, secure system architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's most advanced security accreditations including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and CISSP.

Progent offers online security support on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum call duration and without extra fees for sign-up or off-hour service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class expertise, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and avoids scenarios where quick fixes result in major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a breach and are less able to mount a rapid and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to make inside a target's system, the longer it will require to recover core operations and damaged files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to guide organizations to take the time-critical first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and quarantine infected devices and protect clean resources from being compromised. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Do We Do?
If you are currently faced with a security emergency other than ransomware, visit Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help to find out how to get fast help. Progent maintains a team of seasoned network security experts who offer online and on-premises assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future exploits.

For companies that have planned carefully for an attack, the step-by-step incident handling model promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's approved method of responding to a major security attack.

Overview of Progent's Security Services
Managing computer security plus planning for recovering vital information and functions following a security breach requires a continual process involving an array of technologies and processes. Progent's security professionals can support your organization at whatever level in your attempt to guard your IT network, from security evaluation to creating a comprehensive security program. Some technologies supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Implementation, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Protected Environments
Every organization ought to develop a carefully thought out security plan that includes both proactive and responsive steps. The proactive strategy is a set of steps that helps to minimize security gaps. The post-attack strategy specifies procedures to assist security staff to assess the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and restore network activity as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to build security into your business processes. Progent can configure auditing software, define and build a safe network architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will maximize the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, design protected online and mobile access to e-mail and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network.

If you are looking for an economical option for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services feature continual remote system monitoring and quick response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to plan, deploy, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud infrastructure and that are compliant with regulatory data security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration expertise.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent provides expertise in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are in question, or have failed as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to assess the damage caused by the assault, restore normal functions, and recover information lost as a result of the breach. Progent's security engineers can also oversee a thorough failure evaluation by examining event logs and utilizing other advanced assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues reduces your business disruption and permits Progent to suggest efficient ways to prevent or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Services
Progent offers the services of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct a network compromised by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. For more information, visit ransomware removal and recovery services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
Work-from-Home workers typically use their personal computing devices and often operate in a unsecured physical space. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user training, and the creation of policies based on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist your business to design, configure and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects vital information assets in environments that include remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of all sizes a flexible and affordable solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic information system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your IT environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your in-house IT staff to focus on line-of-business initiatives and activities that deliver the highest business value from your network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat defense stack that includes computer learning algorithms and professional services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint software agents can be loaded in minutes to guard endpoints against modern threats such as ransomware, known and brand-new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, script misuse, harmful 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 is invariably the initial EDR response tool activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's system at the outset of a ransomware breach. For additional details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports continuous, concurrent, automated assessment of your network so you can expose, prioritize, remediate, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can insert so-called tripwires such as fake credentials to find out whether your network is currently being probed along various attack paths. Tripwires provide sufficient detail to allow you to react promptly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an attacker can compromise your environment. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to use NodeZero to perform thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also assist you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To find out more details about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Assessment Services
Stealth penetration checking is an important part of any overall IT system security strategy. Progent's security experts can run extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house IT resources. Stealth penetration testing uncovers whether current security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection warnings and event log analysis are correctly set up and consistently monitored. 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, skipped patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be chained together by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to the latest versions of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Testing Services.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight portfolio 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. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis tools to defend endpoint devices as well as servers and VMs against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade legacy signature-matching AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud-based resources and provides a single platform to address the complete threat lifecycle including filtering, infiltration detection, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and responding to cyber assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools incorporated within one agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist your business to plan and implement a ProSight ESP environment that meets your company's specific needs and that helps you demonstrate compliance with government and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you define and implement policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that call for immediate attention. Progent can also assist you to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your data backup processes and enable transparent backup and fast restoration of critical files/folders, apps, system images, and VMs. ProSight DPS lets you protect against data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or software bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can assist you to identify which of these 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 and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of leading information security companies to deliver web-based management and world-class security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. The Cloud Protection Layer acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This decreases your exposure to inbound threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and protect internal email traffic that stays inside your security perimeter. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity verification with iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you log into a protected application and enter your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a unit that only you have and that uses a different network channel. A broad selection of devices can be used for this second form of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several validation devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo identity validation services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hosting solution without a time-consuming and difficult reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied a single hosting service. Find out more details 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 makes it easy to capture, update, find and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about impending expirations of SSLs or warranties. By cleaning up and organizing your network documentation, you can save up to half of time thrown away searching for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for holding and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're making improvements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you require as soon as you need it. Find out more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers offer unique expertise in vital areas of IT security including:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers experience with security auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for performing a set of comprehensive system scans to uncover possible security gaps. Progent has broad skills with testing utilities and can assist your company to understand audit reports and react appropriately. Progent's security engineers also can perform web application testing and can conduct expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with key worldwide security standards such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless equipment as well as portable handsets. Learn additional details about Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wireless Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide world-class technical services for Cisco's entire range of security and Virtual Private Network solutions such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, protected broadband and IS routers, wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Read more information about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Expertise.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
As well as being expert in a broad range of security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers businesses of all sizes advanced support for solutions from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

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

Find out additional information about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are security specialists who have earned CISSP certification as a result of verified experience, extensive study, and formal examination. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status official recognition in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and test systems, connection control methodology, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts have earned ISSAP accreditation after thorough examination and significant experience. field experience with information security design. ISSAP security experts have in-depth understanding of access management systems and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can assist your business with all phases of secure network architecture.

Find out more details concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected System Architecture Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated 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 can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to help your organization to follow modern system security engineering principles and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs based on security engineering best practices, produce viable system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, develop efficient design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity solutions that balance your operational goals with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is an important qualification that signifies expertise in IS security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation requires that consultants pass an extensive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Certified security audit professional trained to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit process, IT governance, network assets and infrastructure planned useful life, information technology service delivery, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Learn more information about Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Services.

CRISC-certified IT Risk Management Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was established by ISACA to verify an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and support IS controls to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist your company to develop and carry out a business continuity plan based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to match your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk management expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for objectively auditing your IS control mechanisms and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for defining company-wide security policies.

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GIAC Support Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of network security professionals. GIAC's goal is to make sure that an accredited security consultant possesses the skills necessary to deliver services in key areas of system, data, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions around the world including U.S. NSA. Progent can provide the assistance of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the security services addressed under GIAC accreditation programs such as assessing IT infrastructure, incident handling, traffic analysis, web application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Support
If your company is located in Milwaukee Wisconsin and you're trying to find cybersecurity consulting expertise, call 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.