Fast and Affordable Security Checkups for Small Businesses
Is your small business network keeping pace with today's security environment? Are you protecting your network assets? How difficult would it be for a hacker to break into your information system, and what steps can you take to prevent it? Progent has developed a fast and affordable way for small businesses to answer these questions without disrupting their network operations.
Progent's Network Security Inventory packages are fixed-price service bundles that rely on advanced network scanning technology and the certified expertise of Progent's security engineers to evaluate the vulnerability of your network and provide recommendations for simple ways you can mitigate your security risk. Progent offers two packages, the External Network Security Inventory and the Internal Network Security Inventory, which assess different aspects of network security exposure and which you can use separately or together. Both packages offer features designed for the needs of small businesses who want to take a more proactive role in making their networks safe from malicious assaults but who don't have the time or the budget to manage an exhaustive enterprise-class network security audit.
Top Features and Benefits of Progent's Security Inventory Packages for Small Business Networks
Progent's Security Inventory packages offer an array of features and benefits especially designed to address today's increasingly hostile security environment in which all business networks operate but also to take into account the financial and operational realties of small companies. Implemented together or separately, Progent's External and Internal security scanning packages help small businesses achieve a high level of network protection at little cost or hassle.
- Low-cost:
Progent's Network Security Inventory packages are inexpensive and are offered at a set-price, so you know in advance what it will cost to understand the state of your network security. Potential attack vectors detected by Progent's security scans are typically easy to fix and involve configuration issues with network operating systems, applications, and devices. If you have not regularly utilized security scans in the past, you get a lot of bang for your buck. Generally, a great deal of security risk associated with small business networks can be substantially reduced at very little expense.
- Fast:
The scanning, analysis, and reporting processes involved in Progent's Network Security Inventory packages can usually be completed in one business day. This fast turnaround can reduce the window during which your network is exposed to attack by allowing you to move quickly into remediation mode. This also reduces the stressful suspense management may feel not knowing whether information assets are safe, and minimizes the time that your network manager is diverted from other responsibilities. A combination of advanced scanning technology and experienced engineers allow Progent's security team to deliver results quickly and at low cost to the customer.
- Remote Scanning:
The scanning phase of Progent's Network Security Inventory packages are managed remotely from a secure Progent site. In the case of the Internal Network Security Inventory package, the scan is itself run from an onsite machine made available by the customer. The setup procedure for external or internal scans can accomplished in minutes, and the collected data is analyzed offsite by Progent's certified security professionals. By utilizing remote tools to conduct the Network Security Inventory packages, Progent saves significant time and money, which in turn allows Progent to offer these packages at prices that small businesses can afford.
- Proactive:
Progent's Network Security Inventory packages are not intended to detect and remove viruses or other malware resulting from a successful attack on your network, but to uncover common security gaps before they are exploited by malicious sources. Although larger enterprises routinely utilize third-party consulting firms like Progent to conduct vulnerability scans in order to benefit from an objective risk assessment, small businesses with limited IT budgets and technical expertise often wait until their networks are hacked before getting serious about security. By offering vulnerability scanning packages that are fast, affordable, and effective, Progent makes it a no brainer for small businesses to take the lead in protecting their network assets.
- Certified Security Engineers:
Progent's security engineers have been certified by some of the industry's most prestigious standards institutions including the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC), and the SANS Institute. Progent's security team has worked with major enterprises to assess and enhance network security. With Progent's Network Security Inventory packages, small businesses get the benefit of vulnerability assessments from world-class security professionals without requiring an enterprise-class IT budget.
- Effective:
Progent's security engineers are familiar with the sophisticated tools and techniques hackers employ to break into information networks to steal and control resources and data. The majority of these intrusion attempts are based on exploiting security gaps that are surprisingly easy to block. Both of Progent's Network Security Inventory packages address a separate range of potential security vulnerabilities often found in small business IT networks. Either package will provide information to help you enhance your network protection. Using the external and the internal scan packages together will allow you to secure your network even more.
- Actionable Reporting:
The data collected from Progent's Network Security Inventory scans are analyzed by a certified engineer on Progent's security team. As part of the package, Progent's security engineer will prepare and send a report that summarizes the results of the vulnerability scan and suggests mitigation procedures that can be performed by Progent, by your in-house IT support staff, or by a competent third-party security consulting firm. Any remedial work requested from Progent will be performed as a separate project for which Progent can provide a time estimate and for which Progent will bill at standard consulting rates.
External Security Inventory Scan
Progent's External Network Security Inventory package tests for the threat levels of the open ports and services on your network that are exposed outside your firewall. These ports and services can include email, web sites, eCommerce applications, remote access tools, or any service that requires or is granted communication with the world beyond your firewall. This is a favorite hunting ground of hackers and, in many small businesses, a rich source of attack vectors.
Progent's security team will examine the scanned data, produce a report that summarizes and interprets the results, and make suggestions on efficient ways to reduce your exposure to attack. The external scan will not disrupt your ongoing network operations or noticeably impact your system performance. Progent offers this service package at a low set price that covers setup, scanning, analysis, reporting, and recommendations. The set price does not include remediation services which may be suggested. These follow-on services can be performed by any qualified security engineer and are available from Progent at standard consulting rates.
Internal Security Inventory Scan
Many security attacks originate from inside your company firewall and can be the result of careless employees who attach compromised laptops to your network, workers who try to access restricted information or gain unauthorized administration rights, or lurkers in close physical proximity to your wireless access points. Progent's Internal Network Security Inventory package tests for vulnerabilities within your firewall by looking for open ports and services that are not exposed to the outside world but that could be a source of trouble if improperly configured. The internal scan can be executed from any computer inside your security perimeter that you make temporarily available to Progent's security engineer. Progent will remotely download a virtual machine and the required scanning tools to the internal computer you have assigned, launch the scan, and transfer the collected data to a secure Progent site. Progent does not need to make an expensive onsite service call and the time required to install and subsequently remove the scanning software is negligible.
Progent's security engineer managing the Internal Security Inventory Scan will examine the scanned data and create a report that summarizes the results and suggests any mitigation measures that may be required. Progent offers this service package at a low set price that covers setup, scanning, analysis, reporting, and recommendations. The set price does not include remediation services which may be suggested. These follow-on services can be performed by any qualified security engineer and are available from Progent at standard consulting rates.
Download the Security Inventory Scan Datasheet
To download a single-page printable datasheet describing Progent's two set-price Security Inventory Scan service packages for small businesses, click:
Security Inventory Scanning Packages (PDF - 104 KB).
Additional Network Security Auditing Services Available from Progent
Progent offers a variety of additional services designed to check your network for vulnerabilities, verify your compliance with governmental or industry security standards, and mitigate critical gaps in your network's defenses:
- Enterprise Vulnerability Assessment Service Packages
Progent can provide a range of set-price enterprise security assessment service packages created for corporations who need to comply with security standards required by state agencies or by customers. Progent's security assessment packages offer larger businesses an opportunity to get an objective opinion about the strength of their network security. For each security inventory or evaluation bundle, Progent engineers with high-level security credentials analyze and report on collected data and provide suggestions for effective improvements. An added-cost option for on-premises security engineers is available throughout United States.
- Consulting Services for Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Products
NodeZero from Horizon3.ai is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) platform that can deliver repeated, concurrent, automated testing of your network so you can uncover, rank, fix, and verify security weaknesses before malicious hackers can exploit them. Progent can provide the skills of a NodeZero Certified Operator who can help you to use NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can help you to plan and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, cloud-based, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's threat analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Platform.
- Stealth Penetration Testing
Progent can manage in-depth network penetration testing without warning in-house network resources. Stealth Penetration Testing uncovers whether in-place security monitoring tools such as penetration detection alarms and event log tracking are properly configured and actively monitored. Progent security engineers can use a number of hacker tools to extend security holes to acquire knowledge of the entire network environment and determine how many internal devices can be accessed and exploited. This method of security testing can show the entire extent of the security gaps of an information system.
- Security Assessment Consulting
Progent's advanced network security audit and compliance testing services can help your company to validate your procedures and governance policies and assess your IT infrastructure to enable your company to build the highest level of protection into your information system. Progent's security consultants can also test your web-based applications for security vulnerability and can perform corporate-wide security audits to confirm your company's compliance with major security standards such as HIPAA, NIST, and ISO.
ProSight Low-Cost Managed Services for Information Assurance
Progent's affordable ProSight series of network monitoring and management services is intended to provide small and mid-size organizations with enterprise-class support and state-of-the-art technology for all facets of information assurance. Managed services offered by Progent include:
- ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Recovery
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint protection service that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning technology to defend endpoints as well as physical and virtual servers against modern malware attacks such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily escape legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and provides a unified platform to address the complete threat progression including blocking, infiltration detection, containment, cleanup, and forensics. Top capabilities include one-click rollback using Windows VSS and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered threats. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Read more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery with SentinelOne technology.
- ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP): Unified Endpoint Security
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services deliver economical in-depth security for physical servers and virtual machines, workstations, mobile devices, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced machine learning for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, device management, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within one agent accessible from a unified console. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help your business to plan and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's unique needs and that helps you demonstrate compliance with government and industry data security standards. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that call for urgent action. Progent's consultants can also assist you to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a destructive cyber attack such as ransomware. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection unified endpoint security and Exchange filtering.
- ProSight DPS: Managed Backup
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore product vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of subscription-based offerings that deliver backup-as-a-service. All ProSight DPS products automate and track your data backup processes and allow transparent backup and rapid recovery of important files, applications, images, and Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. ProSight DPS lets you recover from data loss resulting from equipment breakdown, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, user error, malicious insiders, or application bugs. Managed services in the ProSight Data Protection selection include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Total Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup), ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda purpose-built storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to determine which of these fully 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 email security solution that uses the technology of leading information security companies to provide centralized management and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne threats. The cloud filter acts as a first line of defense and blocks most unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to external threats and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance adds a deeper layer of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The on-premises gateway can also help Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Email Guard spam filtering, virus defense, content filtering and data loss prevention.
- ProSight WAN Watch: Network Infrastructure Management
Progent's ProSight WAN Watch is an infrastructure management service that makes it easy and inexpensive for smaller organizations to diagram, track, enhance and troubleshoot their connectivity appliances such as routers and switches, firewalls, and access points as well as servers, client computers and other networked devices. Using state-of-the-art Remote Monitoring and Management technology, WAN Watch ensures that network diagrams are always current, copies and manages the configuration information of almost all devices on your network, tracks performance, and generates notices when issues are discovered. By automating complex network management processes, WAN Watch can knock hours off common chores like making network diagrams, reconfiguring your network, finding appliances that need important software patches, or identifying the cause of performance bottlenecks. Learn more details about ProSight WAN Watch infrastructure management consulting.
- ProSight LAN Watch: Server and Desktop Remote Monitoring
ProSight LAN Watch is Progent's server and desktop remote monitoring managed service that incorporates state-of-the-art remote monitoring and management (RMM) techniques to keep your network running at peak levels by tracking the state of vital computers that power your business network. When ProSight LAN Watch detects a problem, an alert is transmitted automatically to your specified IT staff and your Progent consultant so that all potential issues can be addressed before they have a chance to impact your network Learn more about ProSight LAN Watch server and desktop remote monitoring consulting.
- ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's Tier III Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a protected fault tolerant data center on a fast virtual host set up and managed by Progent's IT support professionals. Under Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service model, the customer retains ownership of the data, the OS platforms, and the applications. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hardware environment without requiring a time-consuming and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not locked into a single hosting service. Learn more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.
- ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Infrastructure Documentation Management
Progent's ProSight IT Asset Management service is an IT infrastructure documentation management service that allows you to capture, maintain, find and safeguard information related to your network infrastructure, processes, applications, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or domains. By cleaning up and managing your IT documentation, you can save up to half of time spent searching for vital information about your IT network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a centralized repository for holding and sharing all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports advanced automation for gathering and associating IT data. Whether you're making improvements, performing maintenance, or reacting to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management gets you the knowledge you require when you need it. Learn more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.
- Patch Management: Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide organizations of any size a flexible and affordable alternative for assessing, testing, scheduling, implementing, and tracking updates to your ever-evolving information system. In addition to maximizing the security and reliability of your IT environment, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT team to focus on line-of-business projects and activities that derive the highest business value from your network. Learn more about Progent's software/firmware update management support services.
- ProSight Duo Two-Factor Authentication: ID Confirmation, Endpoint Remediation, and Protected Single Sign-on
Progent's Duo MFA managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. Using Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm who you are on a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide selection of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this added form of ID validation including an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register several validation devices. To find out more about Duo identity authentication services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services.
ProSight Network Audits
Progent's ProSight Network Audits offer a fast and low-cost way for small and medium-size organizations to get an objective assessment of the overall health of their IT system. Powered by some of the top remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools available, and supervised by Progent's certified group of information technology experts, ProSight Network Audits help you see how closely the deployment of your core infrastructure assets conform to industry leading practices. The Basic and Advanced versions of ProSight Network Audit services are offered at a low, one-time cost and deliver instant benefits like a more manageable Active Directory (AD) system. Both versions also come with a year of cutting-edge remote network monitoring and management (RMM). Advantages can include lower-cost network management, improved compliance with information security requirements, more efficient utilization of network assets, quicker problem resolution, more dependable backup and recovery, and less downtime. Learn more about ProSight Network Audits IT infrastructure review.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an affordable service based on a brief phone interview with a Progent backup/recovery expert. The fact-finding interview is intended to help evaluate your company's preparedness either to stop or recover quickly following an attack by a ransomware strain such as Ryuk, WannaCry, MongoLock, or Hermes. Progent will consult with you personally to gather information concerning your current AV defense and backup/recovery system, and Progent will then deliver a written Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how you can apply industry best practices to create an efficient security and backup system that aligns with your company's needs. For details, see The ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report.
Contact Progent for Network Security Auditing
If you need more information about Progent's security inventory service bundles, telephone Progent at 800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.
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