Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

To get immediate online assistance with network security issues, businesses in Montgomery Alabama can find world-class support by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online support consultants are ready to provide effective and affordable help with security problems that threaten the productivity of your IT network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to provide help for systems based on Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular versions of UNIX. Progent can provide world-class support for key cybersecurity and restoration solutions like AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad array of services encompasses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, secure system infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the industry's top security certifications including GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and CISSP.

Progent offers remote security help on a by-the-minute basis without minimum times and without additional fees for setup or after hours service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's billing structure keeps expenses low and eliminates situations where quick fixes result in major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way through a network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT personnel are likely to be slower to become aware of a penetration and are least able to organize a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware can make within a target's system, the longer it will require to recover core IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide organizations to complete the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by containing the malware. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist you to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect undamaged resources from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, act fast. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Do We Do?
If your network is now faced with a security emergency other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Support to find out how to get immediate assistance. Progent maintains a pool of veteran cybersecurity specialists who can provide remote and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity posture to protect against future exploits.

For businesses that have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the step-by-step incident response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security attack.

Overview of Security Support Services
Coordinating data protection and staying ready for restoring vital information and systems after an attack demands a continual program involving a variety of technologies and processes. Progent's security experts can support your business at all levels in your attempt to guard your IT network, ranging from security assessments to creating a complete security strategy. Key technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Designing and Implementing Secure Networks
Every business should develop a carefully thought out security plan that incorporates both proactive and responsive activity. The pre-attack plan is a set of precautions that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The reactive plan defines activities to assist IT personnel to assess the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, document the event, and revive network activity as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your company processes. Progent can install scanning utilities, create and execute a safe network infrastructure, and propose processes and policies to optimize the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, design safe online and mobile access to email and information, and install an efficient VPN.

If your company is interested in an affordable way for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's 24x7 Monitoring Services feature automated online server monitoring and quick response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to design, deploy, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud resources and that comply with government and industry security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Failure Analysis
Progent offers skill in restoring systems and devices that have been hacked, are suspect, or have ceased to function because of a security breach. Progent can help evaluate the losses resulting from the breach, restore normal functions, and retrieve data compromised owing to the event. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a thorough forensic analysis by going over event logs and using other advanced assessment tools. Progent's background with security issues minimizes your business disruption and allows Progent to propose efficient strategies to avoid or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Consulting
Progent can provide the help of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to restore an IT network compromised by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or Locky. For more information, visit ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Solutions
At-home workers typically utilize their personal devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical space. This situation multiplies their susceptibility to cyber attacks and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive end-user training, and the creation of policies built on leading practices. Progent's seasoned team of Work-from-home support experts can help you to design, configure and maintain a compliant security solution that guards vital IT assets in networks that include remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management offer organizations of any size a flexible and affordable alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your IT network, Progent's software/firmware update management services allow your IT team to concentrate on line-of-business projects and activities that derive maximum business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centered threat defense platform that includes computer learning software and expert services to deliver comprehensive endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's low-profile software agents can be loaded in minutes to defend popular endpoints against modern cyberthreats such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojan viruses, hacking tool sets, memory exploits, script misuse, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is always the initial incident response software activated by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware recovery emergency. For more details, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) consulting.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports repeated, concurrent, programmable testing of your network to help you identify, rank, remediate, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can insert so-called tripwires such as bogus credentials to find out whether your network is currently under attack along common attack vectors. Tripwires generate enough information to make it possible to take action promptly with your incident response workflows before an assailant can compromise your environment. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to use NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your current security profile. Progent can also help you to harden your existing network security and can assist you to design and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers optimum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn more details about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Evaluation Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key part of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration tests without the knowledge of your organization's in-house network support resources. Unannounced penetration checking shows whether current security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event history monitoring are correctly set up and actively monitored. Progent can implement ongoing automatic PEN testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, uninstalled patches, and dangerous product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks typical of modern versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Evaluation Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight series of outsourced network management 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 and compliance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based analysis technology to guard endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily escape legacy signature-matching AV products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud resources and offers a single platform to automate the entire malware attack progression including blocking, infiltration detection, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback using Windows VSS and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read 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 Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver ultra-affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, smartphones, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device management, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's unique needs and that allows you prove compliance with legal and industry data protection standards. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that call for urgent action. Progent's consultants can also help you to set up and test a backup and restore solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover quickly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup product companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a portfolio of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products manage and monitor your data backup operations and allow non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of important files/folders, applications, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you avoid data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or application glitches. Managed backup services in the ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can help you to identify which of these managed services are most appropriate for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that incorporates the infrastructure of top information security companies to deliver centralized control and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local security gateway device to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of threats from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound attacks and conserves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway device adds a deeper level of analysis for incoming email. For outgoing email, the local security gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that stays inside your security perimeter. For more details, visit ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo authentication managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to verify who you are on a unit that only you have and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this added means of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can register several validation devices. For details about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support experts. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client owns the data, the OS platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hosting environment without requiring a time-consuming and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not locked into a single hosting provider. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, maintain, retrieve and safeguard information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time wasted searching for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a centralized location for storing and collaborating on all documents required for managing your network infrastructure such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're planning enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the data you require when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's security engineers offer unique support in vital areas of computer security such as:

Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with information risk auditing software such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a set of automatic network tests to reveal possible security problems. Progent has extensive experience with these tools and can help your company to analyze audit reports and react appropriately. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web application testing and can perform expert assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your company's compliance with important industry security standards including FISMA, NIST, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including in-place wireless equipment plus portable handsets. Find out additional information about Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can provide in-depth technical support for Cisco's entire range of security and VPN technologies such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected high-speed and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst Series switches. Find out additional information about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Technologies
In addition to being expert in a wide array of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of any size top-level consulting for products from other important firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's engineers offer:

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

Learn more details about Progent's CISM Security Support Services.

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP certification through demonstrated professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. American National Standards Institute has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included under CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security architecture and models, access permission methodology, software development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Read additional details concerning Progent's CISSP Consulting Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure System Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security consultants are specialists who have earned ISSAP status following thorough testing and substantial hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP consultants have acquired comprehensive understanding of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can help your company with all phases of architecture security.

Learn more information concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure System Infrastructure Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven their ability to provide large organizations with the services associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your organization to utilize modern system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering leading practices, create viable system designs that include compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all key system functions, define effective design strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend realistic cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Expertise
The CISA accreditation is a prestigious achievement that indicates mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential requires that candidates pass an extensive examination overseen by the ISACA international professional association. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Premier security audit engineer able to assist companies in the areas of information systems audit services, IT administration, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT support, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

Learn more information about Progent's CISA Support Expertise.

CRISC-certified Network Risk Management Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA to validate an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and support IS control mechanisms to reduce risk. Progent can provide the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to assist you to create and execute a business continuity plan that follows industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to match your organization's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation services are a good fit the support provided by Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively assessing your IT control design and with the services of Progent's CISM-certified consultants for implementing security policies.

Find out the details concerning Progent's CRISC Risk Management Services.

GIAC Support Services
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the knowledge of information technology security engineers. GIAC's mission is to verify that a certified professional possesses the knowledge appropriate to deliver services in critical categories of system, data, and application software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and government organizations throughout the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the help of certified consultants for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification topics including assessing IT infrastructure, security incident response, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

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

Contact Progent for Computer Security Support
If your company is located in Montgomery Alabama and you're trying to find cybersecurity support services, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

Alabma State Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout Alabama.