Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Consulting

To get immediate remote help with computer security issues, businesses in Tukwila Washington have access to world-class troubleshooting by contacting Progent's security engineers. Progent's remote service staff is available to provide effective and economical assistance with security problems that threaten the productivity of your information system. Progent's accredited security engineers are certified to provide help for systems powered by Windows, Linux, Apple macOS and OS X, and major versions of UNIX. Progent can deliver expert guidance for critical security and recovery technologies such as AI-driven EDR (End Point Protection and Response), Managed Detection and Response, full system restoration validation and testing, immutable backup, and off-site backup. Progent's wide array of services encompasses firewall expertise, email filtering and encryption, protected network infrastructure, and disaster recovery preparedness. Progent's technical support team has been awarded the world's top security accreditations including GIAC and CISSP.

Progent provides online security expertise on a by-the-minute basis without minimum minutes and without additional charges for setup or off-hour service. By charging per minute and by delivering top-level support, Progent's billing model keeps expenses under control and eliminates scenarios where simple solutions result in big charges.

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800
Ransomware requires time to work its way across a network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when support staff are likely to be slower to recognize a breach and are least able to organize a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to achieve inside a victim's system, the longer it takes to recover basic IT services and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web. Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide organizations to take the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware engineers can help you to locate and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect clean assets from being compromised. If your system has been breached by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

We've Been Hacked: What Should We Do?
In case your network is now experiencing a security crisis other than ransomware, refer to Progent's Emergency Remote Computer Support to learn how to get fast help. Progent maintains a team of veteran cybersecurity specialists who can provide remote and on-premises support that includes containment, mitigation, restoration, forensics, and enhancement of your security profile to guard against future attacks.

For companies who have prepared carefully for a security breach, the step-by-step incident response model promoted by GIAC is Progent's recommended method of handling a major security incident.

Introduction to Security Expertise
Managing network security as well as preparedness for restoring critical information and systems following a security breach requires an on-going effort involving a variety of technologies and procedures. Progent's security engineers can support your business at any level in your attempt to guard your information system, ranging from security evaluation to designing a comprehensive security plan. Key areas covered by Progent's security consultants include Security Planning and Implementation, Information Restoration and Security Forensics, and Managed Filtering of E-mail-Based Spam and Viruses.

Planning and Building Protected Networks
Any business should develop a carefully considered security strategy that incorporates both preventive and reactive elements. The proactive plan is a collection of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities. The post-attack plan specifies procedures to help IT personnel to inventory the damage resulting from a breach, repair the damage, document the experience, and revive network functions as quickly as possible. Progent can advise you how to incorporate security into your company processes. Progent can set up auditing software, define and execute a secure IT architecture, and propose procedures and policies to enhance the safety of your computing environment. Progent's security experts are available to help you to set up a firewall, deploy safe remote connectivity to e-mail and data, and configure an efficient virtual private network (VPN).

If you are interested in an affordable option for outsourcing your network security management, Progent's Round-the-clock Network Support Services feature automated online network tracking and fast resolution of emergencies.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Progent can help your IT team you to plan, deploy, manage and repair enterprise hybrid cloud solutions that combine local and cloud hosted resources and that are compliant with government and industry security standards. (Learn 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 expertise.)

System Restoration and Security Forensics
Progent provides expertise in recovering networks and devices that have been hacked, are quarantined, or have stopped working because of a security attack. Progent can help evaluate the losses caused by the assault, return your company to ordinary business operations, and recover information lost as a result of the attack. Progent's security engineers can also manage a comprehensive failure evaluation by going over event logs and utilizing a variety of proven forensics techniques. Progent's background with security consulting minimizes your downtime and permits Progent to recommend effective ways to avoid or mitigate future assaults.

Ransomware Removal and Recovery Expertise
Progent offers the help of experienced ransomware recovery experts with the knowledge to restore an environment compromised by a ransomware virus such as Ryuk, Dharma, NotPetya, or Locky. For more information, see ransomware removal and recovery consulting.

Work-from-Home Cybersecurity Consulting
At-home employees commonly utilize their own computers and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This increases their susceptibility to malware threats and calls for judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote monitoring, extensive user education, and the development of policies based on best practices. Progent's seasoned group of telecommuter solutions experts can assist your business to design, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards vital information resources in environments that incorporate telecommuters as well as hybrid workers.

Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management offer businesses of any size a versatile and cost-effective solution for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your dynamic IT network. Besides optimizing the protection and functionality of your IT network, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT staff to concentrate on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your information network. Learn more about Progent's patch management services.

Extended Detection and Response Based on SentinelOne
SentinelOne's Singularity product family is a subscription-based, cloud-centric cyberthreat management platform that includes computer learning algorithms and expert services to deliver enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity EDR) and extended detection and response (Singularity XDR). SentinelOne's compact software agents can be installed in a few minutes to guard popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats including ransomware, known and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner and reseller and oversees thousands of endpoints secured by SentinelOne technology. SentinelOne Singularity is invariably the initial incident response software activated by Progent to gain control and visibility of a customer's network in the first stages of a ransomware emergency. For additional information, refer to Progent's SentinelOne-powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) consulting.

Support for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver continuous, simultaneous, automated testing of your network to help you find, rank, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. NodeZero pentests can plant so-called tripwires such as fake files or credentials to detect whether your environment is actively under attack along high-risk attack vectors. Tripwires generate sufficient detail to allow you to take action promptly with your incident response workflows before an attacker can do serious damage. Progent can provide the expertise of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can assist you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent can also help you to strengthen your network security and can assist you to plan and implement a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, and perimeter IT assets. To find out more information about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's pentest products, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Stealth Penetration (PEN) Security Testing Services
Stealth penetration checking is a key part of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough intrusion checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house IT resources. Stealth penetration checking shows whether current security defense systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event history monitoring are properly configured and actively observed. Progent can provide ongoing autonomous PEN testing to map your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, skipped patches, and ill-advised IT product defaults can be chained together by threat actors into the multi-front attacks common to modern variants of ransomware. Get additional information about Progent's Stealth Penetration Intrusion Assessment Experts.

Progent's Flat-rate Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's low-cost ProSight portfolio of outsourced network management services is designed to provide small and mid-size businesses with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of information assurance and compliance. ProSight managed services available from Progent include:

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Next Generation Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection (EPP) service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior-based machine learning tools to defend endpoint devices as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily get by legacy signature-matching anti-virus products. ProSight ASM protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and provides a unified platform to address the complete threat progression including filtering, identification, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and real-time network-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.

ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Unified Physical and Virtual Endpoint Protection
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and responding to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP offers firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering via leading-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a single console. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can help you to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's unique needs and that helps you prove compliance with government and industry data protection regulations. Progent will assist you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will manage, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and react to alarms that require immediate action. Progent can also help your company to set up and verify a backup and disaster recovery solution like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint protection and Microsoft Exchange email filtering.

ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has worked with advanced backup technology companies to create ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of management offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service (BaaS). All ProSight DPS services automate and monitor your data backup processes and enable transparent backup and rapid restoration of important files, apps, images, plus Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you avoid data loss resulting from hardware breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, human error, ill-intentioned insiders, or application glitches. Managed backup services in the ProSight DPS family include ProSight DPS 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 MSP360 Cloud and On-prem Backup. Your Progent consultant can help you to identify which of these fully managed services are most appropriate for your IT environment.

ProSight Email Guard: Spam Filtering, Data Leakage Protection and Content Filtering
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that incorporates the infrastructure of top information security vendors to provide web-based management and comprehensive security for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard managed service combines cloud-based filtering with a local gateway appliance to provide complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. The cloud filter serves as a preliminary barricade and blocks most threats from making it to your security perimeter. This decreases your vulnerability to external attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance adds a further layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the local gateway offers AV and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The local gateway can also assist Microsoft Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email that originates and ends inside 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 utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity verification on iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to verify who you are on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad range of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this added means of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate multiple verification devices. For more information about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and apps 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 the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the client retains ownership of the data, the operating system platforms, and the apps. Since the system is virtualized, it can be ported immediately to a different hardware solution without requiring a lengthy and difficult reinstallation process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied one hosting provider. Learn more 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 create, update, retrieve and protect information about your IT infrastructure, procedures, business apps, and services. You can quickly find passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSLs or domains and warranties. By updating and organizing your network documentation, you can eliminate as much as half of time thrown away looking for vital information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management features a common repository for storing and sharing 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 making enhancements, doing maintenance, or responding to an emergency, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the knowledge you require as soon as you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.

Special Security Services Offered by Progent
Progent's certified engineers offer unique support in key facets of computer security including:

Information Risk Audits and Compliance Assessment
Progent provides experience with information risk auditing tools such as Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or LANguard for performing a set of comprehensive system scans to reveal potential security problems. Progent has broad skills with scanning tools and can assist you to understand assessment reports and respond appropriately. Progent's security consultants also provide web software validation and can perform expert assessments of enterprise-wide security to assess your organization's compliance with key worldwide security specifications including FISMA, NIST, and ISO 17799. Also, Progent can evaluate the strength of your wireless security including stationary wireless equipment plus mobile devices. Get more details about Progent's Security Vulnerability Audits and Compliance Testing.

Cisco Network Security, PIX and ASA Firewall, VPN, Aironet and Meraki Wireless Consulting
Progent's Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs) and Cisco Certified Network Professionals can deliver world-class technical support for Cisco's entire range of security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) products such as PIX 500 Series Firewalls and ASA 5500 Series Firewalls, the Catalyst Firewall Services Module, protected broadband and IS routers, Aironet wireless access points and bridges, Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, and Catalyst family switches. Learn the details concerning Cisco Security, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Aironet Wireless Help.

Other Firewall and VPN Consulting Services
As well as being expert in a broad range of security technologies available from Microsoft and Cisco, Progent can provide companies of all sizes advanced engineering services for products from other major firewall and VPN suppliers. Progent's engineers can provide:

• Palo Alto Networks PA-Series Firewalls Engineering Services
• Check Point Support
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Experts
• WatchGuard Technologies Help
• Juniper/NetScreen Deployment and Support
• SonicWall Support
• Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Integration
• Symantec Engineering Services

Read more details concerning Progent's CISM Security Support Expertise.

Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) Security Consulting Expertise
Progent's CISSP experts are cybersecurity specialists who have earned CISSP certification through demonstrated experience, rigorous study, and exhaustive testing. CISSP qualification indicates mastery of an international standard for information security. ANSI has given the CISSP credential official recognition in the field of IT security under ISO/IEC 17024. Areas of knowledge covered under CISSP include security management practices, security architecture and test systems, access permission systems, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, cryptography, communications, Internet security, and disaster recovery planning.

Find out additional information concerning Progent's CISSP Support Expertise.

CISSP-ISSAP Premier Consultants for Secure Network Infrastructure
Progent's ISSAP Certified security experts are specialists who have been awarded ISSAP accreditation after thorough examination and significant experience. field experience with network security design. ISSAP security experts have acquired in-depth knowledge of access management systems and methodologies, telecommunications and network protection, cryptography, requirements analysis, business continuity and disaster recovery, and physical security. Progent's ISSAP-certified security consultants can assist your company with all aspects of secure network architecture.

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CISSP-ISSEP Certified Security Engineering Consultants
Cybersecurity consultants with 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 security analyst. Progent can provide the support of a certified CISSP-ISSEP network security expert to assist your organization to utilize current system security engineering theory and techniques in system development, review system security designs based on security engineering leading practices, produce cohesive system designs that incorporate compliant security features for all critical system functions, develop effective design strategies to provide operational security, perform in-depth risk analysis, and recommend practical 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.

Certified Information Systems Auditor Consulting Expertise
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential is a prestigious qualification that represents expertise in IS security audit and control. Certified by ANSI, the CISA accreditation requires that candidates pass an exhaustive examination overseen by the ISACA professional association. Progent offers the services of a CISA-Certified security professional able to help companies in the fields of information systems audit process, IT governance, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, IT support, protecting information resources, and business continuity planning.

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CRISC-certified Risk Mitigation Specialists
The Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification program was initiated by ISACA to validate a consultant's ability to plan, implement, and support IS control mechanisms to reduce network risk. Progent can provide the services of a CRISC-certified engineer to help you to create and execute a business continuity or disaster recovery strategy based on industry best practices identified by CRISC and crafted to align with your company's risk tolerance, business objectives, and IT budget. Progent's risk mitigation expertise is a good fit the services available from Progent's CISA-Certified consultants for impartially auditing your IT management design and with the expertise of Progent's CISM-certified consultants for defining company-wide security policies and procedures.

Find out additional information concerning Progent's CRISC-certified IT Risk Mitigation Consulting.

GIAC Consulting Services
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was established in 1999 to validate the skill of computer security professionals. GIAC's goal is to assure that an accredited security consultant has the skills necessary to provide services in critical categories of network, information, and application software security. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and institutions all over the world including U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Progent offers the assistance of certified security engineers for all of the security capabilities addressed under GIAC certification programs including auditing perimeters, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web application security, and SIEM solutions.

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Contact Progent for Computer Security Support
If your company is located in Tukwila Washington and you want cybersecurity help, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.

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