Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate online help with network security issues, companies in Napa California can find world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is ready to offer efficient and low-cost help with security issues that threaten the viability of your network. Progent's accredited security engineers are premier to provide help for systems powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver expert support for vital security and restoration solutions including AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide range of consulting services encompasses firewall expertise, email security, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the world's top security certifications including CISM and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent offers online security assistance on a per-minute model without minimum call duration and without extra fees for setup or off-hour service. By billing per minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's pricing model keeps costs under control and avoids scenarios where simple solutions turn into major bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way across a network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when support personnel may be slower to recognize a breach and are least able to organize a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware can make inside a target's system, the more time it will require to recover basic operations and scrambled files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to take the urgent first steps in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist businesses to locate and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect clean resources from being compromised. If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Should We Do Now?
In case your network is currently fighting a network security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help to find out how to get immediate help. Progent has a team of veteran cybersecurity experts who can provide online and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future exploits.

For organizations who have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the formal post-attack handling model outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's recommended method of handling a serious security incident.

Introduction to Progent's Security Support Services
Managing computer security plus staying ready for restoring critical information and systems after a security breach requires a continual program that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified consultants can assist your organization at whatever level in your attempt to guard your IT network, ranging from security evaluation to designing a complete security plan. Some technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Borne Spam and Viruses.

Designing and Implementing Protected Environments
Any organization should develop a thoroughly considered security plan that includes both preventive and responsive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The reactive plan defines activities to help security personnel to assess the losses resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and revive business activity as soon as possible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your company operations. Progent can configure auditing software, create and build a safe network architecture, and propose procedures and policies that will enhance the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are available to help you to configure a firewall, deploy secure offsite connectivity to email and data, and install an effective VPN.

If your company is looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Packages feature non-stop remote server tracking and immediate resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud hosted infrastructure and that are compliant with government data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise.)

System Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides skill in restoring systems and devices that have been hacked, are in question, or have stopped working as a result of a security attack. Progent can help determine the losses resulting from the assault, return your company to ordinary functions, and retrieve data compromised as a result of the attack. Progent's security engineers can also perform a thorough forensic analysis by going over activity logs and utilizing a variety of advanced forensics techniques. Progent's background with security issues reduces your business disruption and allows Progent to propose effective strategies to prevent or contain new attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Consulting
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to rebuild an information system compromised by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home Security Solutions
At-home employees commonly utilize their personal computers and often work in a poorly secured physical environment. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for judicious configuration of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user education, and the creation of policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of Work-from-home support experts can assist your business to plan, deploy and manage a compliant security solution that protects critical information assets in environments that include an at-home workforce and hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide businesses of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides maximizing the protection and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services permit your in-house IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity portfolio is a subscription-based, cloud-centered threat defense stack that features AI software and professional services to provide 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 such as ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the first endpoint response software deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's network in the first stages of a ransomware breach. For additional information, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response services.

Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver continuous, concurrent, programmable testing of your network to help you identify, rank, fix, and confirm security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can plant so-called tripwires like bogus credentials to detect when your system is under attack along high-risk attack paths. Tripwires provide enough information to allow you to react quickly with your SIEM workflows before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your present security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can help you to design and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To find out more information about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's pentest products, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

Stealth Penetration Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion testing is an important component of any overall IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can perform thorough intrusion tests without the knowledge of your company's in-house IT staff. Unannounced penetration checking shows whether existing security monitoring systems such as intrusion incident warnings and event log monitoring are correctly configured and actively observed. Progent can implement ongoing autonomous PEN testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, stolen credentials, skipped patches, and dangerous 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 Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of managed 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. Managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based machine learning tools to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by traditional signature-based anti-virus products. ProSight ASM protects local and cloud resources and provides a single platform to manage the complete threat lifecycle including filtering, infiltration detection, containment, remediation, and forensics. Top features include one-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and VMs, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and responding to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, device control, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies incorporated within a single agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's unique needs and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data security standards. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alerts that require urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also assist you to set up and test a backup and restore system 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 unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with advanced backup product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup operations and enable transparent backup and fast recovery of critical files/folders, applications, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you avoid data loss caused by equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, user error, malicious employees, or software bugs. Managed services in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to identify 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 uses the technology of top information security companies to provide centralized management and world-class protection for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local security gateway device to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based threats. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your exposure to inbound attacks and conserves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance provides a further layer of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo authentication managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are requested to confirm your identity via a unit that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this second means of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a high-performance virtual host configured and maintained by Progent's IT support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the applications. Since the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting solution without requiring a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting service. Learn more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, maintain, retrieve and protect data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be alerted automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains and warranties. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate as much as 50% of time wasted looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your network infrastructure like recommended procedures 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 improvements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you need when you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's security engineers offer unique support in vital facets of IT security such as:

Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing
Progent provides experience with information risk evaluation tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a variety of comprehensive network scans to uncover potential security gaps. Progent has extensive experience with these and similar tools and can assist your company to understand audit results and react appropriately. Progent's certified security engineers also provide web application testing and can conduct expert evaluation of enterprise-wide security to determine your company's compliance with key worldwide security standards such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can assess the effectiveness of your wireless security covering stationary wireless appliances plus mobile handsets. Find out the details about Progent's Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth consulting support for Cisco's complete range of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), secure high-speed and IS routers, wireless access points and bridges, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, and Catalyst switches. Find out additional details about Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Wireless Support.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network Consulting Services
In addition to supporting a broad range of protection technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers businesses of any size expert engineering services for technologies from other important firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Learn the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have earned CISSP certification as a result of verified professional work, rigorous study, and formal testing. CISSP qualification recognizes expertise in an international standard for information security. American National Standards Institute has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and models, connection control methodology, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Consultants for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP certification as a result of rigorous testing and substantial experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP security experts have in-depth understanding of access management mechanisms and techniques, phone system and network security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security experts can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Read additional information concerning Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected System Infrastructure Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to help your organization to follow current system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity features for all critical system functions, develop efficient design and configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

CISA Security Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a globally recognized qualification that indicates expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential requires that consultants pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security consultant trained to assist businesses in the areas of information systems audit services, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology support, safeguarding data resources, and business continuity planning.

Learn more details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services.

CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Specialists
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's skills to plan, deploy, and maintain information system controls to reduce network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to match your organization's risk tolerance, business goals, and IT budget. Progent's network risk management expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively auditing your IS control design and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM experts for implementing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Read more details concerning Progent's CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Consulting.

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Consulting Expertise
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to certify the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's goal is to ensure that a certified security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to deliver services in critical areas of network, data, and application software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the assistance of GIAC certified security engineers for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification programs including assessing perimeters, security incident response, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

Find out more information concerning Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Contact Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your organization is situated in Napa California and you want network security consulting, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

North SF Bay Area Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the North Bay areas of Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties.