Security and Compliance and Information Assurance Consulting

For immediate remote help with data security problems, businesses in Santa Ana California have access to high-level expertise by contacting Progent's certified security professionals. Progent's online support staff is available to offer efficient and affordable help with security emergencies that are impacting the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited engineers are premier to support environments based on Microsoft, Linux, macOS and OS X, and major derivatives of UNIX. Progent can deliver advanced support for key security and restoration solutions like AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), MDR (Managed Detection and Response), complete system restore validation, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's broad selection of consulting services addresses firewall expertise, email security, protected network design, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support team has earned the world's top security certifications including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Information System Security Architecture Professional.

Progent provides online security help on a by-the-minute basis with no minimum call duration and without extra fees for setup or off-hour service. By billing by the minute and by delivering world-class support, Progent's billing structure keeps costs under control and eliminates situations where simple solutions turn into big expenses.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are commonly unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support personnel may be slower to recognize a break-in and are least able to mount a quick and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware is able to achieve inside a target's system, the longer it takes to recover basic IT services and damaged files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to guide you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can help businesses to locate and isolate infected devices and guard undamaged resources from being penetrated. If your network has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case you are now faced with a network security emergency other than ransomware, go to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Help to see how to receive fast aid. Progent has a team of seasoned cybersecurity experts who offer online and on-premises support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity profile to protect against future exploits.

For organizations who have prepared in advance for a security breach, the formal post-attack response model outlined by GIAC is Progent's approved method of responding to a major security incident.

Overview of Progent's Security Services
Coordinating network protection plus preparedness for recovering vital information and functions after an attack demands a continual process that entails an array of technologies and processes. Progent's certified experts can help your business at whatever level in your attempt to secure your IT system, from security audits to designing a complete security program. Some technologies covered by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Failure Analysis, and Outsourced Protection from E-mail-Borne Attacks.

Designing and Implementing Protected Environments
Any company ought to have a carefully thought out security plan that incorporates both preventive and reactive activity. The proactive strategy is a set of steps that helps to reduce security gaps. The reactive plan defines procedures to help security staff to assess the damage resulting from a breach, remediate the damage, record the event, and restore business functions as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to build security into your company operations. Progent can set up scanning software, create and build a secure computer architecture, and propose procedures and policies to optimize the protection of your network. Progent's security experts are available to help you to set up a firewall, design secure remote access to email and data, and install an effective virtual private network.

If your company is looking for an economical option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Options include non-stop online network monitoring and immediate resolution of problems.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can assist your company you to design, implement, administer and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate physical and cloud hosted resources and that are compliant with government and industry data security requirements. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud Platform integration expertise.)

Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent has skill in restoring systems and computers that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have stopped working as a result of a security penetration. Progent can show you how to determine the losses caused by the breach, restore ordinary business operations, and recover information compromised owing to the event. Progent's certified engineers can also oversee a comprehensive forensic evaluation by examining activity logs and using a variety of proven assessment techniques. Progent's background with security problems minimizes your business disruption and allows Progent to suggest efficient strategies to prevent or contain new assaults.

Ransomware Cleanup and Recovery Services
Progent can provide the help of experienced ransomware recovery consultants with the knowledge to rebuild an IT network damaged by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, Hermes, or MongoLock. For more information, see ransomware removal and restoration services.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Security Solutions
At-home workers commonly utilize their own computing devices and often operate in a unsecured physical area. This situation multiplies their susceptibility to malware attacks and requires judicious deployment of firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough end-user education, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of at-home workforce solutions experts can help your business to plan, deploy and manage an effective cybersecurity solution that protects critical IT resources in environments that include remote workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer organizations of all sizes a versatile and affordable alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT system. Besides optimizing the protection and reliability of your IT environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services permit your IT staff to focus on more strategic initiatives and tasks that derive the highest business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response Powered by SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management platform that features AI software and professional services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact agents can be loaded in a few minutes to defend endpoints against modern assaults such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, RAM exploits, malicious scripts, harmful macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and manages thousands of endpoints protected by SentinelOne Singularity technology. SentinelOne Singularity is invariably the initial EDR response tool deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a client's system in the first stages of a ransomware recovery. For more details, see Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response services.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that supports continuous, simultaneous, programmable assessment of your internal and perimeter network to help you identify, rank, remediate, and verify security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can strategically deploy so-called tripwires like bogus files or credentials to find out whether your environment is under attack across proven attack vectors. Tripwires provide enough detail to make it possible to take action promptly with your SIEM tools and procedures before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent offers the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can determine your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT resources. To learn more details about Progent's threat analysis services powered by on NodeZero's PEN test platform, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Stealth Penetration Security Testing Services
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can run thorough penetration checks without the knowledge of your company's in-house network support resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether current security defense tools such as intrusion incident warnings and event history monitoring are properly set up and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous penetration testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to identify ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, overlooked patches, and ill-advised product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks common to the latest versions of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Consultants.

Progent's Fixed-price Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight line of managed services is designed 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 offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM): Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection service that incorporates SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based analysis technology to guard endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks like ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily escape legacy signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects local and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to automate the complete malware attack lifecycle including filtering, infiltration detection, mitigation, cleanup, and forensics. Top features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services deliver ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP utilizes contextual security and modern behavior analysis for continuously monitoring and responding to security assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides two-way firewall protection, penetration alarms, device management, and web filtering through cutting-edge tools packaged within a single agent accessible from a single control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can assist your business to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's specific requirements and that helps you demonstrate compliance with government and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that call for urgent action. Progent can also assist you to install and test a backup and disaster recovery system such as ProSight Data Protection Services so you can get back in business quickly from a destructive security attack like ransomware. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore product vendors to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and track your data backup operations and enable transparent backup and fast recovery of important files/folders, applications, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets your business protect against data loss resulting from equipment failures, natural disasters, fire, malware like ransomware, user mistakes, malicious employees, or software bugs. Managed services available in the ProSight Data Protection portfolio include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to determine which of these managed backup services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

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 information security companies to deliver web-based management and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid architecture of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises gateway appliance to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound threats and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance adds a deeper level of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the local gateway offers AV and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter. For more information, visit Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication Solutions
Progent's Duo authentication service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal 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 possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide range of devices can be utilized as this added means of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its critical servers and applications hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host configured and maintained by Progent's network support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the applications. Since the environment is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to an alternate hosting environment without a time-consuming and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting service. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.

ProSight IT Asset Management: Network 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, retrieve and safeguard data related to your network infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about impending expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By cleaning up and managing your IT documentation, you can save as much as 50% of time wasted trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for storing and collaborating on all documents required for managing your business network such as standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for gathering and relating IT data. Whether you're planning enhancements, doing maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you require when you need it. Find out more about Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent's seasoned engineers offer world-class support in vital facets of IT protection such as:

Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Security Compliance Testing
Progent offers expertise with information risk auditing utilities like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for conducting a variety of automatic system scans to reveal potential security holes. Progent has broad experience with testing tools and can assist you to analyze assessment reports and respond appropriately. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web application testing and can conduct expert assessments of corporate-wide security to determine your company's compliance with major global security standards including FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can assess the strength of your wireless security covering stationary wireless appliances as well as mobile devices. Get more details concerning Progent's Security Vulnerability Evaluation and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wi-Fi Consulting
Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver world-class consulting services for Cisco's entire family of security and Virtual Private Network products including PIX Series Firewalls and ASA Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected broadband and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points, Meraki cloud-managed APs, and Catalyst family switches. Find out more information about Cisco Protection, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Consulting.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Consulting Services
As well as supporting a broad range of network security solutions from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent offers organizations of any size top-level consulting for security products from other important firewall and VPN vendors. Progent's consultants can provide:

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

Get more details about Progent's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Security Consulting Expertise.

CISSP Security Support Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are security engineers who have been awarded CISSP status as a result of demonstrated experience, extensive study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP Certification recognizes mastery of an international standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP status official recognition in the field of information security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity management practices, security architecture and test systems, connection control systems, applications development security, operations security, physical security, encryption, communications, network security, and disaster recovery planning.

Read additional details about Progent's Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Certified Experts for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier security consultants have earned ISSAP status as a result of rigorous examination and extensive hands-on work with information security architecture. ISSAP security experts have acquired comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and techniques, phone system and network protection, cryptography, needs evaluation, BCP and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-premier security consultants can help your business with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Get additional information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Protected System Infrastructure Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Cybersecurity Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide large organizations with the services expected of a senior systems engineer, information assurance systems engineer, information assurance officer, information assurance analyst, or senior security analyst. Progent offers the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP cybersecurity consultant to help your enterprise to follow modern system security engineering theory and processes in system development, evaluate system security designs based on cybersecurity engineering leading practices, produce viable system designs that incorporate compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all critical system functions, define efficient configuration strategies to deliver operational security, perform comprehensive risk analysis, and propose realistic security models that balance your operational goals with your organization's risk tolerance.

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

CISA Security Auditor Professional Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor accreditation is a prestigious achievement that represents expertise in network security auditing. Certified by the American National Standards Institute, the CISA accreditation requires that candidates pass an extensive test overseen by the ISACA professional group. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Premier security audit professional able to help companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT administration, network assets and architecture lifecycle, IT service delivery, protecting information resources, and disaster recovery preparedness.

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CRISC-certified Risk Management Experts
The CRISC program was initiated by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and maintain IS control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent offers the expertise of a CRISC-certified consultant to help your company to create and execute a workplace continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your organization's risk appetite, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's network risk mitigation expertise is complementary to the support available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for objectively auditing your IS management design and also with the services of Progent's CISM consultants for designing company-wide security policies.

Get more details about Progent's CRISC-certified IT Risk Mitigation Consulting.

GIAC Consulting Expertise
Global Information Assurance Certification was established in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC's goal is to verify that a certified professional has the knowledge appropriate to provide services in important areas of system, information, and application security. GIAC certifications are acknowledged by businesses and institutions around the world including United States National Security Agency. Progent can provide the help of GIAC certified professionals for all of the network security capabilities addressed under GIAC accreditation programs such as auditing networks, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Contact Progent for Network Security Expertise
If your organization is situated in Santa Ana California and you're looking for computer security consulting, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.