Expanding your at-home workforce may have a major impact on IT architecture, security/compliance, and corporate culture. Progent has 20 years of background assisting businesses of all sizes to plan, deploy, manage, tune, and debug IT networks that incorporate a remote workforce. Progent can help your Monterey company to pick the appropriate technologies and adhere to leading practices in building and operating a safe virtual solution for telecommuters that promotes teamwork and returns maximum business value. Progent offers services ranging from on demand guidance for helping you over occasional technical bottlenecks to comprehensive project management to help you successfully complete mission-critical tasks.

Progent can assist Monterey, California businesses to with any facet of creating a high-functioning remote work ecosystem by delivering infrastructure design and configuration services, IP voice troubleshooting, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud connectivity, Call Desk outsourcing, security and compliance, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.

Security for Remote Workers
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers typically use their personal computers and usually work in an unsecured physical environment. This situation multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of policies based on leading practices. Progent's seasoned roster of data security solutions experts can assist you to plan, configure and maintain an effective security solution that guards vital IT resources in environments that incorporate an at-home workforce.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network environment that can be securely accessed by on-premises users and by telecommuters, mobile workers, vendors, clients, and the public. Next-generation firewall devices allow you to configure and manage different access rights to different groups of users and to scale your IT network and modify your security profile as your company evolves and as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated. Progent supports both new and older firewall devices from all leading vendors including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. For more information about Progent's firewall integration services, visit firewall integration and support services.

Remote Security Monitoring Services for TeleworkersOnline Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it possible to track the disparate devices used by at-home workers and either block or spot and respond to the latest threats such as ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint software agent is installed on each protected endpoint, monitoring all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to detect new attacks on arrival. When an attack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring instantly isolates the impacted endpoint from the network to quarantine the threat. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoint devices remain secure even if they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. For details about ProSight ASM, go to remote endpoint monitoring for teleworkers.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for Remote WorkersProgent's Duo MFA Service Plans utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables one-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, whenever you sign into a secured online account and give your password you are asked to confirm who you are via a device that only you possess and that uses a separate network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be utilized as this second means of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. For details about Duo two-factor identity validation services, visit Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for teleworkers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your network to all classes of external and local security threats for a network that includes telecommuters. Progent can deploy online, automated security inventory scanning for rapidly and affordably uncovering a wide variety of security gaps that can be found over the Internet. Progent's security audit experts, which can be managed by security experts with advanced credentials including CISM, CISSP, and GIAC, can assist your business to evaluate your operations and governance policies and review your WAN infrastructure to allow you to design the highest level of security for your at-home workers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous testing of your at-home environment and your internal and perimeter networks so you can expose, prioritize, fix, and verify cybersecurity weaknesses before threat actors can exploit them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure so you can evaluate your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to design and implement a unified cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers maximum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, remote, and perimeter IT assets. To find out additional information about Progent's threat assessment solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test platform, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home Environment
To read or download a white paper about critical things to focus on for securing a network that incorporates telecommuters, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about building and managing a productive work-from-home environment for your Monterey, California company, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.