Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

For fast online help with computer security issues, businesses in Phoenix Arizona can find world-class expertise from Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online service consultants are available to provide fast and economical help with security emergencies that are impacting the viability of your network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to support environments powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced guidance for critical security and recovery technologies including AI-based EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of consulting services covers firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure system architecture, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's support team has been awarded the industry's top security credentials including CISA and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent offers remote security assistance on a per-minute basis without minimum call duration and without extra charges for sign-up or off-hour support. By billing by the minute and by providing world-class expertise, Progent's billing policy keeps expenses low and avoids situations where simple fixes entail major expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to work its way across a target network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and at night, when support staff may be slower to become aware of a breach and are least able to organize a rapid and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage within a target's system, the longer it takes to recover core IT services and damaged files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to guide you to take the time-critical first steps in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to locate and quarantine infected servers and endpoints and guard clean resources from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our Network Has Been Attacked: What Should We Do Now?
In case you are now experiencing a network security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Support to find out how to get immediate assistance. Progent maintains a pool of certified network security experts who can provide remote and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and hardening of your security defense to protect against future exploits.

For companies that have prepared beforehand for being hacked, the formal incident response model outlined by GIAC is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security incident.

Introduction to Progent's Security Support Services
Managing data security and staying ready for restoring vital data and systems following an attack requires an on-going effort that entails a variety of technologies and procedures. Progent's security consultants can support your business at all levels in your attempt to secure your information network, ranging from security assessments to creating a complete security program. Key areas supported by Progent's security engineers include Planning and Prevention, Data Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Designing and Building Secure Networks
Every company ought to develop a carefully thought out security strategy that incorporates both preventive and responsive steps. The pre-attack plan is a set of precautions that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan defines procedures to help security personnel to inventory the damage resulting from an attack, remediate the damage, record the event, and revive business functions as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your company operations. Progent can configure auditing utilities, create and execute a secure network architecture, and propose procedures and policies to maximize the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security professionals are ready to help you to configure a firewall, deploy secure remote connectivity to email and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If your company is looking for an affordable option for outsourcing your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature non-stop online system tracking and quick resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, deploy, administer and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include physical and cloud resources and that comply with government data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration solutions with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration consulting.)

Data Restoration and Failure Analysis
Progent provides expertise in recovering networks and devices that have been compromised, are suspect, or have ceased to function because of a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to assess the damage caused by the breach, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover data lost owing to the attack. Progent's security specialists can also oversee a thorough forensic evaluation by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of advanced assessment tools. Progent's experience with security issues reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to suggest effective strategies to avoid or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Services
Progent can provide the services of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to reconstruct an IT network victimized by a ransomware virus like Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or Locky. To find out more, visit ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Consulting
Work-from-Home employees commonly use their own devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to malware threats and calls for careful configuration of firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist your business to plan, implement and maintain a compliant security solution that protects vital information resources in networks that incorporate telecommuters and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide businesses of any size a versatile and affordable alternative for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT system. In addition to maximizing the security and functionality of your computer environment, Progent's patch management services allow your IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives and tasks that deliver the highest business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management platform that features computer learning software and advanced services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint agents can be installed in minutes to guard popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land abuse. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the first EDR response software activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a client's network at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For more details, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) expertise.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver continuous, simultaneous, automated testing of your internal and perimeter network to help you identify, prioritize, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can plant so-called tripwires like fake credentials to find out when your system is under attack along proven attack paths. Tripwires generate enough information to make it possible to take action promptly with your SIEM workflows before an assailant can do serious damage. Progent offers the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can assist you to use NodeZero to carry out comprehensive pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your present security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT resources. To learn more information about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key part of any overall network security strategy. Progent's security experts can run extensive intrusion checks without the knowledge of your company's internal network support staff. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event log analysis are properly set up and actively monitored. Progent can implement ongoing automatic PEN testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, skipped patches, and unsound product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to the latest variants of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth PEN Assessment Experts.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight line 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 aspects of information assurance. Managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis tools to guard endpoint devices and servers and VMs against modern malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by traditional signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a single platform to manage the entire threat progression including filtering, detection, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a 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 (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services deliver economical in-depth protection for physical and virtual servers, desktops, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alarms, endpoint management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent accessible from a single control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry information security regulations. Progent will help you specify and implement policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your network and react to alarms that require urgent action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to set up and verify a backup and restore system such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a destructive security attack such as ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has partnered with leading backup/restore technology companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of subscription-based management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup processes and allow transparent backup and rapid restoration of critical files/folders, apps, system images, and VMs. ProSight DPS lets you avoid data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection family include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent service representative can help you to determine which of these fully managed services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the infrastructure of leading information security vendors to deliver web-based management and comprehensive security for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful architecture of Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and blocks the vast majority of threats from reaching your security perimeter. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite security gateway device provides a further level of inspection for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The on-premises security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured application and enter your password you are requested to verify who you are on a unit that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this second form of authentication including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To learn more about Duo identity authentication services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With 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 high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hardware environment without a lengthy and difficult reinstallation procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: IT Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that makes it easy to create, maintain, find and protect information about your IT infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be alerted about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By updating and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate as much as 50% of time wasted searching for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for storing and sharing all documents related to managing your business network such as recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for collecting and associating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing regular maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require when you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's veteran consultants can provide world-class expertise in vital areas of computer protection such as:

Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with security auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a set of automatic system tests to identify potential security gaps. Progent has broad experience with testing utilities and can assist you to analyze assessment reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security consultants also can perform web application validation and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with major global security specifications such as HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 17799. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including in-place wireless appliances plus portable devices. Learn additional information concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide world-class consulting services for Cisco's complete range of security and Virtual Private Network solutions including PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, Catalyst FWSM, protected high-speed and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Learn the details concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a broad array of protection solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of any size top-level engineering services for security products from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) suppliers. Progent's consultants offer:

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

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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Support Services
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP certification through demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in 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 expertise included under CISSP include security administration practices, security design and test systems, connection permission methodology, applications development security, business processes security, physical security, cryptography, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

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CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Certified cybersecurity consultants are specialists who have earned ISSAP certification after thorough testing and extensive experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP consultants have in-depth understanding of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network security, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can assist your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

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CISSP-ISSEP Premier Security Engineering Experts
Cybersecurity consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have shown their ability to provide enterprises with the services associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to assist your organization to utilize modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, create viable system designs that incorporate compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, define effective design strategies to provide protection for operations, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and recommend practical cybersecurity models that balance your operational requirements with your organization's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Professional Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a recognized qualification that signifies expertise in network security auditing. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential requires that candidates undergo an extensive test administered by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security audit professional trained to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit services, information technology governance, systems and architecture planned useful life, IT support, protecting data resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC-certified Network Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify a consultant's skills to design, deploy, and support information system control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to help your company to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on industry best practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your organization's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's network risk management services are a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Premier consultants for impartially auditing your IT control mechanisms and also with the services of Progent's CISM-certified experts for designing security policies and procedures.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Professional Services
GIAC was founded in 1999 to certify the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's mission is to ensure that a certified security consultant possesses the skills appropriate to deliver support in key categories of system, information, and software security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and institutions around the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the assistance of certified security engineers for all of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification programs including auditing networks, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Computer Security Consulting Services
If your organization is situated in Phoenix Arizona and you need cybersecurity engineering help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Phoenix Metro Area.