Anchorage Ransomware Filtering and Repair Solutions

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT staff may be slower to become aware of a break-in and are least able to mount a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage inside a target's system, the more time it will require to recover 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 designed to help organizations to carry out the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist organizations in the Anchorage area to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect clean assets from being penetrated.

If your network has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Progent's Ransomware Response Expertise Offered in Anchorage
Current variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim encrypt online files and invade any accessible system restores. Data synchronized to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a vulnerable network, this can make system restoration almost impossible and basically throws the IT system back to square one. Threat Actors (TAs), the cybercriminals behind a ransomware attack, insist on a ransom payment for the decryptors needed to unlock scrambled data. Ransomware assaults also attempt to exfiltrate files and hackers demand an extra payment in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Even if you can rollback your network to a tolerable point in time, exfiltration can be a major issue depending on the nature of the stolen information.

The recovery process after a ransomware attack has several crucial phases, the majority of which can proceed in parallel if the recovery workgroup has enough members with the required skill sets.

• Quarantine: This urgent first response involves arresting the lateral progress of the attack across your IT system. The longer a ransomware attack is allowed to run unrestricted, the more complex and more expensive the restoration effort. Recognizing this, Progent maintains a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline staffed by veteran ransomware response engineers. Quarantine activities include cutting off infected endpoints from the network to restrict the spread, documenting the environment, and securing entry points.
• Operational continuity: This involves bringing back the IT system to a minimal useful level of functionality with the least downtime. This effort is usually the top priority for the targets of the ransomware attack, who often see it as an existential issue for their company. This project also demands the broadest range of IT abilities that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, PCs, laptops and smart phones, databases, office and mission-critical apps, network topology, and safe endpoint access. Progent's ransomware recovery team uses advanced collaboration tools to coordinate the complex recovery effort. Progent understands the importance of working quickly, tirelessly, and in concert with a client's managers and IT group to prioritize tasks and to get critical services back online as quickly as possible.
• Data recovery: The work necessary to recover data impacted by a ransomware assault depends on the condition of the network, how many files are encrypted, and which restore techniques are required. Ransomware attacks can take down critical databases which, if not carefully shut down, might need to be rebuilt from scratch. This can apply to DNS and Active Directory (AD) databases. Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server rely on AD, and many financial and other mission-critical platforms depend on SQL Server. Often some detective work could be needed to find undamaged data. For instance, non-encrypted Outlook Email Offline Folder Files may have survived on staff desktop computers and laptops that were not connected during the ransomware assault. Progent's Altaro VM Backup experts can help you to deploy immutable backup for cloud object storage, enabling tamper-proof data for a set duration so that backup data cannot be modified or deleted by any user including root users. This provides an extra level of protection and restoration ability in the event of a ransomware breach.
• Implementing advanced antivirus/ransomware protection: Progent's ProSight ASM incorporates SentinelOne's machine learning technology to offer small and medium-sized businesses the benefits of the identical anti-virus technology deployed by some of the world's biggest enterprises including Netflix, Visa, and Salesforce. By providing real-time malware filtering, detection, mitigation, restoration and analysis in a single integrated platform, ProSight ASM lowers TCO, streamlines management, and promotes rapid operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection (NGEP) incorporated in Progent's ASM was ranked by Gartner Group as the industry's "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Read about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint protection and ransomware recovery with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiation with the hacker Progent has experience negotiating settlements with threat actors. This requires working closely with the victim and the insurance provider, if any. Services consist of establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker persona; testing decryption capabilities; deciding on a settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier; negotiating a settlement and timeline with the hacker; checking adherence to anti-money laundering sanctions; carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker; acquiring, learning, and using the decryption utility; debugging decryption problems; building a clean environment; mapping and reconnecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption state; and reprovisioning physical and virtual devices and services.
• Forensics: This process involves discovering the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists you to assess the impact and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensics entails the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect anomalies. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Because forensics can take time, it is essential that other key activities such as business continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and security professionals with the skills required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Contact Progent for Ransomware System Recovery Services in Anchorage
For ransomware system restoration consulting in the Anchorage area, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.