Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

For immediate remote assistance with computer security issues, companies in San Rafael California have access to world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's certified security engineers. Progent's online service staff is ready to offer effective and affordable help with security crises that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited consultants are certified to support systems powered by Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can provide advanced guidance for key cybersecurity and recovery technologies such as AI-driven End Point Protection and Response, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), full system restoration validation, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's wide selection of services addresses firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure system design, and disaster recovery planning. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's top security credentials including CISM and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent provides online security assistance on a per-minute basis without minimum call duration and without additional charges for sign-up or after hours support. By charging by the minute and by providing top-level help, Progent's pricing structure keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where quick fixes entail big expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support personnel may be slower to become aware of a penetration and are less able to organize a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to achieve inside a target's network, the longer it takes to recover basic operations and scrambled files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help organizations to carry out the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist businesses to locate and quarantine infected servers and endpoints and guard undamaged resources from being penetrated. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do Now?
If your network is now experiencing a network security crisis other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Online Technical Help to find out how to get fast help. Progent maintains a team of veteran cybersecurity specialists who can provide remote and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, recovery, forensics, and enhancement of your cybersecurity profile to guard against future exploits.

For organizations who have prepared in advance for a security breach, the step-by-step incident response procedure outlined by Global Information Assurance Certification is Progent's preferred method of reacting to a serious security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Expertise
Coordinating computer security plus preparedness for recovering critical data and systems following an attack requires an on-going process that entails a variety of tools and procedures. Progent's security professionals can support your organization at all levels in your attempt to safeguard your IT system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security strategy. Important technologies supported by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Designing and Implementing Protected Networks
Every organization should have a carefully considered security strategy that incorporates both proactive and reactive steps. The pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan specifies procedures to assist security personnel to evaluate the losses resulting from an attack, repair the damage, document the event, and revive business activity as quickly as possible. Progent can show you how to incorporate protection into your business processes. Progent can set up scanning software, create and execute a safe network architecture, and propose processes and policies that will enhance the protection of your network. Progent's security professionals are ready to help you to set up a firewall, design secure online and mobile access to email and data, and install an efficient VPN.

If your company is looking for an affordable way for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's 24x7 Network Support Options include non-stop online system monitoring and quick response to problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to plan, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine physical and cloud-based infrastructure and that comply with regulatory security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises installations of Exchange, Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) planning and integration expertise.)

Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent offers skill in recovering systems and devices that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have failed as a result of a security breach. Progent can help assess the damage caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary functions, and recover data compromised owing to the breach. Progent's certified specialists can also perform a comprehensive forensic analysis by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of proven forensics techniques. Progent's background with security problems reduces your downtime and allows Progent to recommend efficient ways to prevent or mitigate new attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Services
Progent can provide the help of proven ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to restore an information system that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or Locky. To learn more, see ransomware cleanup and recovery services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Consulting
At-home workers commonly use their own computing devices and often work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires careful configuration of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough end-user training, and the development of policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran group of Work-from-home solutions consultants can assist you to design, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards vital information assets in environments that include telecommuters as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's managed services for patch management offer organizations of any size a flexible and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your ever-evolving information system. Besides maximizing the protection and functionality of your computer network, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT staff to focus on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that derive the highest business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat management platform that features computer learning algorithms and advanced services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint software agents can be loaded in a few minutes to guard endpoints against increasingly sophisticated assaults including ransomware, known and new malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land attacks. Progent is a certified SentinelOne Partner and dealer and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is invariably the initial EDR response tool deployed by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's network at the outset of a ransomware recovery. For more details, see Progent's SentinelOne-based Extended Detection and Response solutions.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver repeated, concurrent, automated assessment of your network so you can identify, rank, fix, and verify security weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically plant decoys called tripwires such as bogus files or credentials to detect whether your system is currently being probed across various attack paths. Tripwires provide enough detail to allow you to take action quickly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an assailant can compromise your environment. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to use NodeZero to perform thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can evaluate your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional information about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test platform, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Testing Services
Stealth intrusion testing is a key component of any overall network security plan. Progent's security experts can perform extensive penetration checks without the knowledge of your organization's internal network support resources. Stealth penetration testing uncovers whether current security defense tools such as intrusion detection alerts and event history monitoring are correctly configured and actively monitored. Progent can implement ongoing automatic penetration testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, harvested credentials, overlooked patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks typical of the latest versions of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Evaluation Services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight family of managed 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 offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior analysis tools to defend endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely get by legacy signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards local and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to address the complete threat progression including blocking, detection, containment, remediation, and forensics. Key capabilities include single-click rollback using Windows VSS and real-time network-wide immunization against new threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver economical in-depth protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and responding to cyber threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device management, and web filtering via cutting-edge technologies incorporated within a single agent managed from a single console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's specific requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also assist your company to install and test a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified physical and virtual endpoint security and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight Data Protection Services: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with advanced backup product companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and track your backup processes and enable non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of vital files, applications, system images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS helps you protect against data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are best suited for your network.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Email Encryption
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering service that uses the technology of top information security vendors to deliver centralized management and comprehensive protection for your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Email Guard managed service integrates a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway appliance to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from making it to your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's on-premises security gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and protect internal email that originates and ends inside your corporate firewall. For more information, see Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected application and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are via a unit that only you possess and that uses a different network channel. A wide selection of devices can be used as this second means of ID validation including an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several verification devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) 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 organization can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual machine host configured and managed by Progent's network support professionals. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting environment without requiring a lengthy and difficult configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are 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 an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, update, find and protect data about your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can instantly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSLs or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your network documentation, you can save up to half of time thrown away looking for critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common repository 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 collecting and relating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, doing regular maintenance, or reacting to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the information you need when you need it. Learn more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's security consultants offer unique consulting support in vital facets of computer security such as:

Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with security evaluation tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for conducting a set of automatic network tests to reveal potential security holes. Progent has extensive skills with these utilities and can assist your company to analyze assessment reports and respond efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web software testing and can conduct expert assessments of corporate-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with important industry security standards such as HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Also, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless security including in-place wireless appliances plus mobile devices. Read additional information concerning Progent's Information Risk Evaluation and Security Compliance Assessment.

Cisco Security, PIX Firewall and ASA Firewall, Virtual Private Network, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts and Cisco CCNP experts can deliver in-depth technical services for Cisco's entire range of security and VPN products such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst FWSM, secure broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst switches. Get the details concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network and Wireless Support.

Additional Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
In addition to supporting a wide range of security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers companies of any size advanced consulting for solutions from other popular firewall and Virtual Private Network suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Consulting
• Check Point Consulting
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Consultants
• WatchGuard Technical Assistance
• Juniper and NetScreen Integration
• SonicWall Expertise
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Configuration Help
• Symantec Technical Assistance

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

CISSP Security Support Services
Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) are security engineers who have earned CISSP status as a result of demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and formal examination. CISSP qualification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP status accreditation in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of expertise included within CISSP include security management practices, security design and models, connection permission systems, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, encryption, telecommunications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

Learn additional information concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Experts for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity experts have been awarded ISSAP status after thorough examination and significant experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP security experts have comprehensive knowledge of access control systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network infrastructure security, cryptography, requirements analysis, BCP and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-premier security experts can help your company with all phases of secure network architecture.

Learn the details concerning Progent's ISSAP Accredited Protected IT Architecture Consulting Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Network Security consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have proven their ability to provide large organizations with the services associated with a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior cybersecurity analyst. Progent offers the skills of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity expert to help your enterprise to utilize modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review and evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering best practices, create viable system designs that incorporate compliant security features for all critical system functions, develop effective design and configuration strategies to provide protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend realistic security models that balance your operational goals with your company's risk tolerance.

Find out the details about Progent's CISSP-ISSEP Network Security Engineering Consulting Services.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Support Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a prestigious achievement that represents mastery in IS security audit and control. Accredited by ANSI, the CISA accreditation has candidates pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Premier security professional able to help companies in the fields of IS audit services, information technology governance, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT support, protecting information assets, and disaster recovery planning.

Read the details concerning Progent's Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Services.

CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Specialists
The CRISC certification program was established by ISACA to verify a consultant's skills to plan, deploy, and support IS controls to reduce network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist you to develop and execute a workplace continuity strategy that follows leading practices promoted by CRISC and crafted to match your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the support available from Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially evaluating your IT management mechanisms and also with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified support professionals for implementing security policies and procedures.

Learn additional information about Progent's CRISC IT Risk Management Support.

GIAC Professional Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the knowledge of information technology security engineers. GIAC's goal is to ensure that a certified professional possesses the skills necessary to deliver support in vital areas of network, data, and program security. GIAC certifications are recognized by businesses and institutions all over the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the help of certified consultants for any of the network security services covered within GIAC certification programs including auditing networks, security incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based application security, and SIEM solutions.

Read more information about Progent's GIAC Information Assurance Support.

Contact Progent for Computer Security Help
If your organization is located in San Rafael California and you're trying to find network security consulting expertise, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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