Allen Ransomware Protection and Repair Services

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

24x7 Remote Access to a Top-tier Ransomware Engineer
Ransomware needs time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT staff are likely to take longer to become aware of a breach and are least able to mount a quick and forceful response. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to make inside a victim's network, the longer it takes to restore basic IT services and damaged files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware expert can help businesses in the Allen area to identify and quarantine breached devices and protect clean assets 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.

Progent's Ransomware Recovery Services Offered in Allen
Modern strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and attack any available system restores. Files synched to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a vulnerable network, this can make automated recovery nearly impossible and basically sets the IT system back to the beginning. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the cybercriminals responsible for ransomware attack, insist on a settlement payment in exchange for the decryption tools needed to unlock scrambled files. Ransomware attacks also attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files and hackers demand an extra payment in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Even if you can restore your system to an acceptable date in time, exfiltration can pose a big problem depending on the sensitivity of the downloaded information.

The restoration work subsequent to ransomware penetration has several distinct phases, the majority of which can be performed in parallel if the recovery team has enough people with the necessary experience.

• Quarantine: This time-critical first response requires arresting the sideways progress of the attack within your IT system. The longer a ransomware assault is allowed to go unrestricted, the longer and more costly the recovery effort. Recognizing this, Progent maintains a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline staffed by veteran ransomware response engineers. Containment activities consist of cutting off infected endpoints from the network to minimize the contagion, documenting the IT system, and protecting entry points.
• Operational continuity: This involves restoring the IT system to a basic acceptable level of capability with the least delay. This process is typically at the highest level of urgency for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often perceive it to be an existential issue for their company. This project also requires the broadest range of IT abilities that cover domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual machines, desktops, laptops and mobile phones, databases, productivity and mission-critical applications, network topology, and safe endpoint access management. Progent's recovery experts use state-of-the-art workgroup platforms to coordinate the complicated recovery effort. Progent understands the importance of working quickly, tirelessly, and in concert with a client's management and IT group to prioritize activity and to put essential services back online as fast as feasible.
• Data recovery: The work necessary to restore files damaged by a ransomware attack varies according to the state of the network, how many files are affected, and what recovery methods are required. Ransomware attacks can destroy critical databases which, if not properly closed, might need to be reconstructed from scratch. This can include DNS and AD databases. Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server rely on AD, and many ERP and other mission-critical applications are powered by SQL Server. Some detective work could be required to locate clean data. For instance, undamaged OST files (Outlook Email Offline Folder Files) may have survived on staff PCs and notebooks that were off line during the attack.
• Implementing modern AV/ransomware protection: Progent's Active Security Monitoring gives small and medium-sized businesses the benefits of the identical AV technology deployed by some of the world's biggest enterprises including Walmart, Citi, and Salesforce. By delivering in-line malware filtering, classification, mitigation, recovery and analysis in a single integrated platform, Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring cuts total cost of ownership, streamlines administration, and promotes rapid operational continuity. The next-generation endpoint protection engine incorporated in Progent's ProSight ASM was listed by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Learn about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense.
• Negotiation with the hacker Progent has experience negotiating ransom settlements with hackers. This calls for close co-operation with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Services include determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker; testing decryption tool; budgeting a settlement with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier; establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the TA; checking adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations; overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker; receiving, learning, and operating the decryption utility; troubleshooting decryption problems; creating a clean environment; mapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-attack condition; and recovering machines and software services.
• Forensic analysis: This process is aimed at learning the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics involves the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for anomalies. Forensics is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key recovery processes like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of information technology and security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

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