Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

To get fast online help with network security problems, businesses in Sacramento California can find high-level troubleshooting from Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's remote support staff is available to offer efficient and low-cost assistance with security issues that threaten the viability of your information system. Progent's security engineers are premier to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver world-class support for vital cybersecurity and recovery technologies such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, complete system restoration testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide range of services encompasses firewall configuration, email security, protected network infrastructure, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's support team has been awarded the world's most advanced security credentials including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and ISSAP.

Progent provides online security support services on a per-minute model with no minimum times and without additional charges for sign-up or off-hour support. By charging per minute and by providing top-level expertise, Progent's billing policy keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where quick solutions turn into big expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may take longer to recognize a penetration and are less able to organize a rapid and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can manage within a target's network, the more time it will require to recover core operations and damaged files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist organizations to complete the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist you to locate and quarantine infected devices and guard clean resources from being compromised. If your system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Can We Do?
If you are currently fighting a security crisis other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Online Technical Help to see how to receive fast assistance. Progent has a team of veteran cybersecurity specialists who offer online and onsite assistance that includes containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity posture to guard against future attacks.

For businesses who have planned in advance for a security breach, the step-by-step incident response procedure promoted by GIAC is Progent's approved method of reacting to a serious security attack.

Overview of Security Expertise
Coordinating network protection plus preparedness for recovering critical information and functions after a security breach demands a continual program that entails an array of tools and procedures. Progent's certified security professionals can help your business at any level in your attempt to safeguard your IT network, ranging from security audits to creating a complete security strategy. Some technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Borne Attacks.

Designing and Building Protected Networks
Every business ought to have a thoroughly thought out security strategy that includes both preventive and reactive activity. The proactive strategy is a set of steps that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack plan defines activities to help security staff to assess the losses resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and restore business functions as quickly as feasible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your company processes. Progent can configure auditing software, create and build a secure network infrastructure, and propose processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are available to assist you to configure a firewall, deploy safe offsite connectivity to email and information, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an economical way for jobbing out your network security administration, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options include continual remote network monitoring and fast resolution of emergencies.

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

Data Recovery and Security Forensics
Progent provides skill in recovering systems and servers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have stopped working as a result of a security breach. Progent can help assess the losses caused by the attack, return your company to normal functions, and retrieve information compromised owing to the event. Progent's security engineers can also oversee a comprehensive forensic analysis by examining event logs and using other proven forensics tools. Progent's background with security consulting minimizes your business disruption and allows Progent to recommend efficient ways to avoid 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 damaged by a ransomware cryptoworm like Ryuk, Dharma, Hermes, or MongoLock. To learn more, visit ransomware removal and recovery expertise.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Consulting
At-home staff members commonly use their personal computing devices and usually work in a unsecured physical area. This situation multiplies their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for careful configuration of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, extensive user training, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran team of Work-from-home support experts can assist you to design, configure and manage an effective security solution that protects vital IT resources in environments that include remote workers as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for software and firmware patch management provide organizations of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, implementing, and documenting updates to your dynamic IT system. Besides optimizing the security and functionality of your IT network, Progent's patch management services free up time for your in-house IT team to focus on more strategic projects and tasks that derive the highest business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management stack that features AI software and expert services to deliver 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 a few minutes to guard endpoints against increasingly sophisticated assaults including ransomware, familiar and brand-new malware, trojans, hacking tool sets, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is always the initial EDR response software activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's system in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For more details, refer to 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) product family that can deliver repeated, simultaneous, programmable testing of your network so you can identify, rank, remediate, and confirm security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can insert so-called tripwires such as fake files or credentials to find out when your environment is currently being probed along various attack vectors. Tripwires provide sufficient information to allow you to take action quickly with your incident response tools and procedures before an assailant can compromise your environment. Progent offers 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 determine your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and delivers maximum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT resources. To find out additional information about Progent's vulnerability analysis services powered by on NodeZero's pentest platform, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Evaluation Services
Stealth intrusion checking is an important component of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security experts can perform thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house IT resources. Unannounced penetration testing uncovers whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event history monitoring are correctly set up and actively monitored. Progent can provide continuous automatic PEN testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, skipped patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to the latest versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Experts.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight series of outsourced network management services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and cutting-edge technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior machine learning technology to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which easily get by legacy signature-matching AV products. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to automate the complete malware attack lifecycle including blocking, identification, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services offer ultra-affordable in-depth security for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alarms, device management, and web filtering via cutting-edge tools packaged within one agent managed from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your company's specific needs and that allows you demonstrate compliance with government and industry information security regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that call for immediate attention. Progent can also assist your company to set up and verify a backup and restore solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup/restore product vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products automate and track your backup processes and enable transparent backup and rapid restoration of vital files/folders, apps, images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business avoid data loss caused by equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, user mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or software glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight DPS portfolio include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these fully managed services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that incorporates the infrastructure of top data security companies to deliver centralized control and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local security gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps the vast majority of threats from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance adds a deeper layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing 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 assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays within your corporate firewall. For more information, see Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Services
Progent's Duo authentication services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification with iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you log into a protected application and enter your password you are requested to verify who you are on a device that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be used for this added form of ID validation such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple validation devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, refer to Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its critical servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a fast virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported easily to a different hosting solution without a time-consuming and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into one hosting service. Find out more about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Infrastructure Documentation and Password Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT 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 warned about impending expirations of SSLs or domains. By updating and managing your network documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time spent searching for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common repository for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your business network like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you're making improvements, doing maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need the instant you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's certified consultants offer unique specialized help in vital facets of IT protection such as:

Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment
Progent offers expertise with security auditing utilities such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard from GFI for conducting a variety of automatic network scans to reveal potential security problems. Progent has broad experience with testing utilities and can help your company to understand audit results and react efficiently. Progent's security engineers also offer web software validation and can perform expert assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with major industry security specifications including HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. In addition, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless protection covering stationary wireless equipment as well as portable devices. Find out more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco CCNP experts can provide in-depth consulting services for Cisco's complete range of protection and Virtual Private Network technologies such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected high-speed and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst family switches. Read more details concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Technologies
In addition to being expert in a wide array of security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size top-level engineering services for products from other major firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vendors. Progent's engineers offer:

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

Learn additional information concerning Progent's Certified Information Security Manager Security Consulting Expertise.

CISSP Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity engineers who have earned CISSP certification through verified experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in an international standard for IT security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential accreditation in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge included within CISSP include security administration practices, security architecture and test systems, connection permission methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, communications, network security, and business continuity planning.

Find out more details about Progent's CISSP Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security consultants have earned ISSAP status as a result of rigorous testing and significant hands-on work with information security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and methodologies, phone system and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and DRP, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your business with all aspects 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 demonstrated 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 cybersecurity analyst. Progent can provide the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security consultant to assist your organization to follow current system security engineering theory and processes in system development, review and evaluate system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, create viable system designs that include compliant security mechanisms for all key system functions, define effective configuration strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and propose realistic security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your company's tolerance for risk.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor credential is a globally recognized qualification that signifies mastery in network security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation has consultants undergo an extensive test overseen by the ISACA international professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit consultant able to assist businesses in the areas of IS audit services, IT enforcement, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT service delivery, safeguarding data resources, and business continuity preparedness.

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CRISC-certified IT Risk Management Specialists
The CRISC certification program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's ability to plan, deploy, and maintain IS control mechanisms to mitigate network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified engineer to help your company to develop and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan that follows industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's network risk mitigation services are complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified security engineers for impartially assessing your IS management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for implementing security policies and procedures.

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GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Professional Services
Global Information Assurance Certification was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security engineers. GIAC's mission is to verify that a certified professional has the knowledge necessary to deliver support in critical categories of system, information, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations all over the world including United States National Security Agency. Progent offers the support of certified security engineers for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification topics such as auditing networks, security incident handling, traffic analysis, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Get in Touch with Progent for Network Security Support
If your company is situated in Sacramento California and you want computer security engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.

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