Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

For fast remote assistance with computer security issues, companies in Monterey California can find world-class troubleshooting from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote service consultants are available to offer efficient and economical help with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your information system. Progent's security engineers are premier to support environments based on Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class help for key cybersecurity and recovery technologies like AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restoration testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad range of consulting services covers firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the industry's most advanced security credentials including Certified Information Security Manager and Information System Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).

Progent provides remote security help on a per-minute model with no minimum minutes and no additional fees for sign-up or off-hour support. By billing per minute and by providing world-class expertise, Progent's pricing policy keeps costs under control and avoids scenarios where simple solutions entail major charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when support staff are likely to take longer to recognize a breach and are less able to mount a quick and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware can achieve inside a victim's system, the longer it will require to restore 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 help you to take the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist businesses to identify and isolate infected servers and endpoints and guard undamaged resources from being penetrated. If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Hacked: What Can We Do?
If your business is now experiencing a security crisis other than ransomware, visit Progent's Emergency Online Network Support to learn how to get immediate help. Progent maintains a team of veteran network security specialists who offer online and onsite support that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your security profile to guard against future exploits.

For companies who have prepared in advance for being hacked, the step-by-step incident handling model promoted by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's recommended method of responding to a major security incident.

Overview of Security Support Services
Managing computer protection and preparation for restoring vital data and functions after a security breach requires a continual effort that entails an array of technologies and procedures. Progent's security consultants can support your organization at all levels in your attempt to safeguard your IT system, ranging from security assessments to creating a complete security plan. Some technologies supported by Progent's experts include Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Filtering of Email-Borne Threats.

Designing and Implementing Secure Networks
Every company should develop a carefully considered security plan that includes both proactive and reactive steps. The pre-attack plan is a collection of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to assist security personnel to inventory the losses resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and restore network functions as soon as feasible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate protection into your company operations. Progent can set up auditing utilities, define and build a safe network architecture, and propose procedures and policies that will enhance the protection of your information system. Progent's security experts are available to help you to configure a firewall, design safe remote connectivity to email and data, and install an efficient virtual private network.

If you are interested in an economical way for jobbing out your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options feature continual remote system tracking and fast response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to design, implement, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud hosted infrastructure and that comply with government security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) planning and integration consulting.)

System Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in restoring systems and servers that have been hacked, are in question, or have failed following a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses resulting from the breach, return your company to ordinary functions, and retrieve data lost as a result of the breach. Progent's security specialists can also perform a thorough failure analysis by examining activity logs and utilizing other proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues minimizes your business disruption and permits Progent to recommend efficient strategies to prevent or contain future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Expertise
Progent can provide the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to restore an information system that has suffered an attack by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. For more information, see ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Expertise
At-home staff members commonly use their own devices and usually operate in a unsecured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to cyber attacks and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user training, and the development of policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of telecommuter support consultants can help your business to plan, deploy and manage a compliant security solution that protects critical information resources in networks that include an at-home workforce and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management provide organizations of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your computer network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic projects and tasks that derive the highest business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centered threat defense stack that includes computer learning algorithms and advanced services to provide comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile agents can be loaded in minutes to protect endpoints against increasingly sophisticated assaults including ransomware, familiar and zero-day malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial EDR response tool activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware recovery. For more information, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response expertise.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver continuous, concurrent, automated testing of your network to help you find, prioritize, fix, and verify security weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant so-called tripwires like fake files or credentials to detect whether your system is currently being targeted along various attack paths. Tripwires provide sufficient detail to allow you to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security profile. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can help you to design and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides optimum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional information about Progent's vulnerability analysis services based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, refer to Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion checking is a key component of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security experts can run thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether current security monitoring tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event history analysis are properly configured and actively monitored. Progent can implement ongoing automatic penetration testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, overlooked patches, and dangerous IT product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-front attacks common to the latest versions of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth PEN Testing Consultants.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of network management outsourcing services is designed to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis technology to defend endpoint devices as well as servers and VMs against new malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade legacy signature-matching AV tools. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a single platform to manage the complete malware attack lifecycle including protection, identification, mitigation, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services offer ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, intrusion alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a unified console. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's specific requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with government and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that require immediate action. Progent can also help you to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services so you can recover rapidly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup technology vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of subscription-based management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS services manage and track your backup operations and allow transparent backup and rapid recovery of vital files/folders, applications, system images, and VMs. ProSight DPS lets your business protect against data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or software glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security vendors to provide web-based management and world-class protection for your email traffic. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based malware. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound attacks and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance adds a further level of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the on-premises security gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, DLP, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that stays inside your security perimeter. For more information, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo authentication service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured application and give your password you are asked to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that uses a separate network channel. A wide selection of devices can be used as this added means of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate multiple validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a secure fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual host configured and maintained by Progent's network support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting solution without requiring a lengthy and technically risky reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting service. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, maintain, find and protect information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can eliminate as much as 50% of time wasted searching for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common repository for holding and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for collecting and relating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need when you need it. Learn more details about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's veteran consultants can provide unique consulting support in vital areas of computer security including:

Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with information risk evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of automatic system scans to identify possible security gaps. Progent has broad experience with these tools and can help you to understand audit reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security engineers also provide web application testing and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major global security standards such as FISMA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security covering in-place wireless equipment plus mobile handsets. Learn the details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNPs) can provide in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete range of security and VPN products such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure high-speed and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed access points, and Catalyst switches. Get additional information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and VPN Solutions
In addition to supporting a wide array of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of all sizes top-level engineering services for products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Get the details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP status through verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP qualification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge included under CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security architecture and test systems, access permission systems, software development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Find out additional details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Services.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP accreditation after rigorous examination and substantial hands-on work with network security design. ISSAP security experts have acquired comprehensive understanding of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity and disaster recovery, and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your company with all phases of architecture security.

Get more information concerning Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected IT Infrastructure Consulting Support.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide enterprises with the expertise associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to follow current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce viable system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity features for all key system functions, define effective design strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic security solutions that balance your operational goals with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a recognized achievement that indicates expertise in IS security auditing. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has consultants undergo an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security audit consultant trained to assist businesses in the areas of information systems audit services, information technology enforcement, systems and architecture planned useful life, IT service delivery, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Get more information about Progent's CISA Consulting Services.

CRISC Risk Management Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and maintain information system control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to create and execute a workplace continuity plan based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to align with your organization's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk management expertise is a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively evaluating your IT management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified experts for defining company-wide security policies.

Get more details concerning Progent's CRISC-certified Network Risk Mitigation Expertise.

GIAC Professional Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security experts. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant has the knowledge necessary to deliver support in vital categories of system, information, and application security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations throughout the world including U.S. NSA. Progent can provide the expertise of certified professionals for any of the network security disciplines covered within GIAC certification programs including assessing security systems, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If your organization is situated in Monterey California and you're looking for cybersecurity support services, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.