Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Expertise

To get fast online assistance with data security problems, businesses in Santa Monica California have access to high-level troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's online service staff is available to provide fast and affordable assistance with security issues that threaten the productivity of your network. Progent's accredited security consultants are certified to provide help for environments based on Microsoft, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver world-class support for vital security and restoration solutions like AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restore testing, immutable backup, and off-premises backup. Progent's broad array of consulting services addresses firewall configuration, email filtering and encryption, secure network infrastructure, and business continuity preparedness. Progent's technical support staff has been awarded the world's top security accreditations including CISM and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Progent provides online security support on a by-the-minute model without minimum times and without extra charges for sign-up or off-hour service. By billing per minute and by delivering top-level support, Progent's billing model keeps costs under control and avoids situations where quick solutions entail big charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT staff are likely to take longer to become aware of a penetration and are least able to organize a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve within a victim's system, the longer it will require to restore core IT services and damaged files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to carry out the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist you to identify and isolate infected devices and guard clean assets from being penetrated. If your system 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.

Our System Has Been Hacked: What Can We Do Now?
In case your network is currently experiencing a network security crisis other than ransomware, go to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help to find out how to get immediate help. Progent has a pool of seasoned network security specialists who offer online and onsite support that includes threat containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and hardening of your cybersecurity defense to protect against future attacks.

For organizations that have planned beforehand for a security breach, the formal post-attack response procedure outlined by GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) is Progent's preferred method of responding to a serious security attack.

Overview of Progent's Security Support Services
Managing computer protection plus preparedness for restoring critical information and systems following a security breach demands an on-going process that entails a variety of technologies and procedures. Progent's certified consultants can assist your organization at any level in your efforts to guard your IT system, ranging from security audits to designing a complete security plan. Important areas supported by Progent's security consultants include Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Protection from Email-Based Threats.

Designing and Implementing Protected Environments
Every company should have a carefully thought out security plan that incorporates both proactive and responsive activity. The proactive strategy is a collection of steps that helps to reduce vulnerabilities. The post-attack strategy defines activities to help security personnel to evaluate the losses caused by an attack, repair the damage, record the experience, and restore network activity as soon as possible. Progent can advise you how to build protection into your company processes. Progent can install scanning utilities, define and implement a secure IT architecture, and recommend processes and policies that will optimize the safety of your network. Progent's security experts are ready to help you to configure a firewall, deploy safe offsite access to email and data, and configure an efficient VPN.

If you are looking for an economical way for jobbing out your security administration, Progent's Round-the-clock Monitoring Packages feature automated remote server monitoring and fast response to emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your company you to design, implement, manage and troubleshoot enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that incorporate local and cloud hosted resources and that comply with government security standards. (Learn about Progent's Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises installations of Exchange, Microsoft Azure enterprise hybrid cloud integration, Amazon Web Services enterprise hybrid cloud solutions, and Google Cloud planning and integration consulting.)

Data Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent has skill in restoring systems and computers that have been compromised, are quarantined, or have ceased to function because of a security attack. Progent can show you how to evaluate the losses caused by the assault, return your company to normal functions, and recover information lost as a result of the assault. Progent's certified engineers can also perform a comprehensive failure analysis by examining event logs and using other advanced assessment techniques. Progent's experience with security problems reduces your off-air time and permits Progent to propose effective measures to avoid or mitigate future attacks.

Ransomware Removal and Restoration Consulting
Progent offers the help of seasoned ransomware recovery consultants with the skills to rebuild a network that has suffered an attack by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, WannaCry, NotPetya, or MongoLock. To find out more, visit ransomware cleanup and restoration consulting.

Work-from-Home (WFH) Cybersecurity Expertise
At-home workers typically use their personal devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical area. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for careful configuration of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, intensive user education, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran team of Work-from-home support consultants can help your business to design, deploy and manage a compliant security solution that guards vital IT assets in networks that include at-home workers and hybrid workers.

Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and cost-effective alternative for assessing, validating, scheduling, implementing, and tracking software and firmware updates to your dynamic information system. Besides maximizing the security and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your in-house IT team to concentrate on line-of-business projects and tasks that derive maximum business value from your information network. Read more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric threat management stack 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 low-profile software agents can be loaded in a few minutes to defend popular endpoints against modern cyberthreats including ransomware, known and zero-day malware, trojans, hacking tools, RAM exploits, script misuse, invasive 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 always the first endpoint response software deployed by Progent to provide control and visibility of a customer's network in the first stages of a ransomware recovery emergency. For more information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response solutions.

Expertise with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Solutions
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver continuous, concurrent, automated assessment of your network to help you expose, prioritize, fix, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. NodeZero pentests can insert decoys called tripwires like bogus files or credentials to find out whether your system is being probed across high-risk attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient information to allow you to take action promptly with your incident response workflows before an assailant can wreak havoc. Progent can provide the support of a NodeZero Certified Operator (NCO) who can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to evaluate your current security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-premises, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To find out more information about Progent's threat analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Assessment Services
Stealth intrusion testing is an important component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security professionals can run extensive intrusion checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT resources. Stealth penetration testing uncovers whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event history analysis are properly configured and actively monitored. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous penetration testing to map your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, stolen credentials, uninstalled patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be chained together by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to modern strains of ransomware. Learn more about Progent's Stealth PEN Evaluation Services.

Progent's Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's value-priced ProSight family of managed services is intended to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance. ProSight managed services offered by Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based machine learning technology to guard endpoints and servers and VMs against new malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by legacy signature-based AV tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and offers a unified platform to manage the complete malware attack lifecycle including blocking, identification, containment, cleanup, and post-attack forensics. Key capabilities include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and real-time system-wide immunization against newly discovered 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: Unified Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) services offer ultra-affordable in-depth protection for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, smartphones, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers firewall protection, penetration alerts, device control, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies packaged within a single agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can help your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information security standards. Progent will help you define and configure security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alerts that require urgent attention. Progent can also help you to set up and test a backup and restore solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a destructive security attack like ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Cloud Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup technology companies to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of subscription-based offerings that provide backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of vital files, applications, images, plus VMs. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss caused by equipment failures, natural calamities, fire, cyber attacks like ransomware, human error, malicious employees, or application bugs. Managed backup services in the ProSight DPS product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup with immutable cloud storage, ProSight 365 Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight DPS ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to identify which of these managed backup services are best suited for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam and virus filtering and email encryption service that incorporates the technology of leading information security vendors to deliver centralized management and world-class protection for your email traffic. The powerful architecture of Progent's Email Guard managed service integrates cloud-based filtering with a local security gateway appliance to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer acts as a first line of defense and blocks most threats from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a further layer of analysis for incoming email. For outgoing email, the on-premises security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local security gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that originates and ends within your corporate firewall. For more details, visit ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.

ProSight Duo MFA: Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services
Progent's Duo MFA services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google 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 via a device that only you have and that uses a different network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this added means of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate multiple verification devices. For more information about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.

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 applications hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the client retains ownership of the data, the OS software, and the applications. Since the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to a different hosting solution without a time-consuming and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied one hosting service. Learn 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 allows you to capture, update, find and protect information related to your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or IP addresses and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By updating and managing your IT documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time spent trying to find critical information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common repository for storing and collaborating on all documents related to managing your business network like recommended procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers a high level of automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you require as soon as you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Specialized Security Expertise Available from Progent
Progent's certified consultants offer world-class consulting support in vital facets of network protection such as:

Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent offers experience with information risk evaluation tools like Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and LANguard for performing a variety of automatic system tests to identify possible security problems. Progent has broad skills with scanning utilities and can help your company to analyze audit results and react efficiently. Progent's certified security consultants also offer web application testing and can perform thorough evaluation of enterprise-wide security to assess your company's compliance with important worldwide security standards such as FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can evaluate the effectiveness of your wireless protection covering in-place wireless appliances plus portable handsets. Read the details concerning Progent's Information Risk Audits and Security Compliance Testing.

Cisco Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Support
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can provide world-class consulting expertise for Cisco's entire family of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Firewalls and ASA 5500 Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module (FWSM), protected broadband and integrated services (IS) routers, wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst switches. Find out additional information concerning Cisco Protection, VPN and Wireless Help.

Other Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
As well as supporting a broad array of network security solutions available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide businesses of all sizes expert consulting for security products from other popular firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's consultants offer:

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

Get additional details concerning Progent's CISM Security Consulting Services.

CISSP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP consultants are cybersecurity engineers who have been awarded CISSP certification as a result of demonstrated professional work, extensive study, and formal testing. CISSP Certification indicates expertise in a worldwide standard for IT security. ANSI has granted the CISSP credential official recognition in the area of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Fields of expertise covered under CISSP include cybersecurity management procedures, security design and models, access control systems, software development security, operations security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and business continuity planning.

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

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure System Architecture
Progent's ISSAP Premier cybersecurity consultants have been awarded ISSAP status after rigorous examination and extensive hands-on work with network security design. ISSAP consultants possess comprehensive knowledge of access management systems and techniques, phone system and network infrastructure security, cryptography, needs evaluation, business continuity planning (BCP) and disaster recovery planning (DRP), and physical security integration. Progent's ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

Get more information about Progent's ISSAP Certified Secure System Infrastructure Engineering Services.

CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Experts
Network Security consultants who have earned CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) certification have demonstrated their ability to provide enterprises with the services expected of 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 cybersecurity consultant to help your organization to follow modern system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review system security designs according to security engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that include compliant cybersecurity mechanisms for all key system functions, define effective configuration strategies to deliver protection for operations, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical security solutions that balance your operational requirements with your company's risk tolerance.

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

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Support Services
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious achievement that indicates mastery in IS security audit and control. Certified by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential has consultants undergo an extensive examination administered by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the expertise of a CISA-Certified security consultant able to assist companies in the fields of information systems audit services, IT administration, network assets and infrastructure planned useful life, information technology support, safeguarding information resources, and business continuity planning.

Find out additional details about Progent's CISA Support Expertise.

CRISC Risk Mitigation Consultants
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was established by ISACA in 2010 to verify an IT professional's skills to design, deploy, and support information system controls to reduce network risk. Progent offers the services of a CRISC-certified consultant to assist your company to create and carry out a workplace continuity or disaster recovery plan based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and geared to align with your company's risk tolerance, business goals, and budgetary guidelines. Progent's risk mitigation services are a good fit the services provided by Progent's CISA-Premier security engineers for impartially evaluating your IT control mechanisms and with the expertise of Progent's CISM consultants for designing company-wide security policies and procedures.

Learn the details concerning Progent's CRISC Network Risk Mitigation Consulting.

GIAC Professional Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to validate the knowledge of IT security engineers. GIAC's mission is to verify that an accredited professional has the knowledge appropriate to provide support in critical areas of system, information, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are acknowledged by businesses and institutions throughout the world including United States National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the expertise of certified security engineers for any of the security disciplines covered within GIAC certification programs such as auditing networks, incident handling, traffic analysis, web-based services security, and SIEM solutions.

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Depend on Progent for Network Security Consulting Services
If your organization is situated in Santa Monica California and you need computer security engineering help, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.

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