Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Expertise

For fast online help with computer security issues, businesses in Rockville Maryland have access to world-class expertise by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is ready to offer effective and economical assistance with security issues that are impacting the viability of your information system. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to provide help for systems powered by Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and popular derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver world-class guidance for critical cybersecurity and recovery solutions such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, full system restore validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad range of consulting services addresses firewall technology, email filtering and encryption, protected system infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's support team has been awarded the industry's top security certifications including GIAC and ISSAP.

Progent offers online security help on a by-the-minute basis without minimum times and without extra charges for setup or off-hour support. By charging per minute and by delivering top-level help, Progent's billing policy keeps costs low and avoids scenarios where quick fixes turn into big bills.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware needs time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and at night, when IT personnel are likely to take longer to recognize a penetration and are least able to mount a rapid and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage inside a victim's network, the more time it will require to restore core operations and damaged files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help organizations to carry out the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can help businesses to identify and isolate breached devices and protect clean resources from being compromised. If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Can We Do Now?
If you are currently faced with a security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Help to see how to get immediate help. Progent has a pool of veteran cybersecurity experts who offer online and onsite assistance that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity defense to guard against future attacks.

For organizations who have prepared carefully for being hacked, the formal post-attack handling procedure promoted by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's approved method of reacting to a major security incident.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Managing data protection and planning for restoring critical data and functions following a security breach demands an on-going program involving a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's security professionals can assist your business at whatever level in your efforts to safeguard your IT network, ranging from security assessments to designing a complete security program. Important technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Data Recovery and Security Forensics, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Secure Networks
Any company ought to develop a carefully considered security plan that includes both preventive and responsive steps. The proactive plan is a set of steps that works to minimize security gaps. The reactive strategy defines activities to assist IT personnel to inventory the losses caused by a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and revive network activity as soon as feasible. Progent can show you how to design protection into your company operations. Progent can configure auditing software, create and execute a safe network infrastructure, and recommend procedures and policies that will maximize the protection of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are ready to assist you to configure a firewall, design protected remote connectivity to email and data, and install an effective VPN.

If you are looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your network security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Services include automated online system monitoring and quick resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to design, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that include local and cloud-based resources and that are compliant with government and industry data security standards. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 integration solutions with on-premises Exchange deployments, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud integration expertise.)

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in restoring networks and devices that have been compromised, are in question, or have stopped working as a result of a security breakdown. Progent can show you how to evaluate the losses caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover data compromised owing to the breach. Progent's certified specialists can also manage a comprehensive forensic evaluation by examining event logs and using a variety of proven assessment tools. Progent's background with security consulting reduces your downtime and allows Progent to recommend efficient measures to avoid or contain future attacks.

Ransomware Cleanup and Restoration Services
Progent can provide the help of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to rebuild an information system damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm such as Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To find out more, see ransomware cleanup and restoration consulting.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Consulting
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members typically utilize their personal computing devices and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation increases their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for judicious configuration of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, thorough user education, and the development of security policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran group of telecommuter support experts can help you to plan, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards vital IT assets in networks that include telecommuters as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide businesses of all sizes a versatile and affordable alternative for evaluating, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking updates to your ever-evolving IT system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your computer network, Progent's patch management services free up time for your IT staff to concentrate on more strategic initiatives and activities that derive the highest business value from your network. Read more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat defense platform that includes AI algorithms 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 installed in a few minutes to protect popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats including ransomware, known and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and manages thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne is invariably the initial endpoint response tool deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware recovery. For more information, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response solutions.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports repeated, simultaneous, programmable testing of your internal and perimeter network to help you find, prioritize, remediate, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant so-called tripwires such as fake credentials to detect whether your environment is actively being probed across common attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to make it possible to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your current security profile. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers optimum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional details about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Testing Services
Stealth penetration checking is an important part of any overall IT system security strategy. Progent's security experts can run thorough intrusion checks without the awareness of your company's internal network support staff. Stealth penetration checking shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event history monitoring are properly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can implement continuous autonomous PEN testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to identify ways that vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, overlooked patches, and unsound product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks typical of the latest versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Testing Experts.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Security
Progent's value-priced ProSight portfolio of network management outsourcing services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely evade legacy signature-matching anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud resources and provides a single platform to address the entire malware attack progression including protection, infiltration detection, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include one-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time system-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services offer affordable in-depth security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, device management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools incorporated within a single agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can assist you to design and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's specific needs and that helps you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security standards. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help your company to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has worked with leading backup product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a selection of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS products automate and track your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and rapid restoration of vital files, applications, system images, and VMs. ProSight DPS lets you avoid data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS selection include ProSight DPS 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 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent expert can help 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 and virus filtering and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to provide centralized management and comprehensive protection for all your email traffic. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises gateway device to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne malware. The Cloud Protection Layer serves as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance adds a deeper layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the on-premises gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays inside your security perimeter. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam filtering and data leakage protection.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against password theft by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured application and give your password you are asked to confirm your identity via a device that only you have and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of devices can be utilized for this second form of authentication including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. To find out more about Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for an at-home workforce.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS software, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hardware environment without requiring a lengthy and technically risky configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into a single hosting provider. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, find and safeguard information related to your network infrastructure, processes, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or IP addresses and be warned about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time wasted trying to find vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your business network such as recommended procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for collecting and associating IT information. Whether you're making improvements, performing maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's seasoned consultants offer world-class consulting support in key areas of network protection such as:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk evaluation utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard from GFI for performing a set of automatic network tests to identify possible security gaps. Progent has extensive skills with scanning tools and can help your company to understand assessment results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security engineers also can perform web application testing and can conduct thorough evaluation of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major global security standards including HIPAA, NIST, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including stationary wireless equipment as well as portable devices. Read additional information concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Expertise
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide in-depth consulting expertise for Cisco's entire family of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions such as PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, protected broadband and integrated services routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst family switches. Read more information concerning Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network and Aironet Wireless Help.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network Solutions
In addition to supporting a broad range of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide organizations of all sizes expert consulting for products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's consultants offer:

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

Get more information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP accreditation through verified professional work, extensive study, and exhaustive examination. CISSP Certification indicates mastery of a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of knowledge covered within CISSP include cybersecurity administration practices, security design and test systems, connection control systems, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, telecommunications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Read more details concerning Progent's CISSP Consulting Services.

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

Read the details concerning Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected IT Architecture Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants who have earned 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 skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to utilize modern system security engineering principles and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to cybersecurity engineering leading practices, create cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security mechanisms for all critical system functions, define efficient design strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic cybersecurity models that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

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

CISA Security Auditor Professional Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is an important qualification that represents expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass a comprehensive test overseen by the ISACA international professional association. Progent can provide the services of a CISA-Certified security audit professional trained to help companies in the fields of IS audit services, information technology governance, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT support, protecting information resources, and business continuity planning.

Read the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor Consulting Services.

CRISC IT Risk Mitigation Experts
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to validate an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and support IS controls to mitigate risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to develop and carry out a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk appetite, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk management services are a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for objectively assessing your IT management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified consultants for designing security policies and procedures.

Find out more information concerning Progent's CRISC Network Risk Management Expertise.

GIAC Professional Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified security consultant possesses the skills needed to provide support in key areas of network, information, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by companies and government organizations all over the world including United States NSA. Progent can provide the assistance of certified security engineers for any of the network security services addressed under GIAC certification topics including auditing perimeters, incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security, and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

Read additional details about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Contact Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your company is situated in Rockville Maryland and you need computer security engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Greater Washington DC Metro Area including suburban Maryland and Virginia.