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Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware requires time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT personnel may be slower to become aware of a penetration and are less able to mount a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware can make within a victim's network, the more time it takes to restore core IT services and damaged files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to guide you to carry out the time-critical first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by putting out the fire. Progent's remote ransomware expert can help organizations in the Bristol area to locate and isolate breached devices and protect clean assets from being compromised.

If your network has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, act fast. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Progent's Ransomware Response Services Offered in Bristol
Current variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and invade any accessible system restores. Files synched to the cloud can also be impacted. For a vulnerable environment, this can make system recovery nearly impossible and basically throws the datacenter back to the beginning. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers responsible for ransomware assault, insist on a settlement fee for the decryptors needed to unlock scrambled files. Ransomware attacks also attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files and TAs require an additional settlement for not publishing this data or selling it. Even if you can restore your system to an acceptable date in time, exfiltration can be a big problem according to the sensitivity of the stolen information.

The restoration work after a ransomware penetration involves several crucial stages, most of which can proceed concurrently if the response team has enough members with the necessary skill sets.

• Containment: This time-critical initial step involves blocking the sideways progress of the attack across your network. The longer a ransomware attack is permitted to run unchecked, the more complex and more costly the restoration process. Because of this, Progent maintains a round-the-clock Ransomware Hotline monitored by seasoned ransomware recovery experts. Containment processes include cutting off infected endpoint devices from the rest of network to restrict the contagion, documenting the environment, and protecting entry points.
• Operational continuity: This covers restoring the network to a minimal useful level of functionality with the least downtime. This process is usually the highest priority for the targets of the ransomware assault, who often see it as an existential issue for their company. This project also requires the broadest array of IT skills that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, PCs, notebooks and smart phones, databases, office and mission-critical applications, network topology, and secure remote access. Progent's ransomware recovery team uses advanced workgroup platforms to coordinate the complex recovery process. Progent appreciates the importance of working quickly, continuously, and in concert with a client's managers and network support staff to prioritize activity and to get critical resources back online as quickly as possible.
• Data restoration: The effort required to restore data impacted by a ransomware assault varies according to the state of the network, the number of files that are affected, and what recovery techniques are required. Ransomware assaults can take down critical databases which, if not properly closed, might have to be rebuilt from the beginning. This can include DNS and Active Directory databases. Exchange and SQL Server depend on Active Directory, and many ERP and other business-critical applications are powered by Microsoft SQL Server. Often some detective work may be required to find clean data. For instance, undamaged OST files may exist on employees' desktop computers and notebooks that were off line during the ransomware assault.
• Implementing advanced antivirus/ransomware defense: Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring offers small and mid-sized companies the benefits of the identical anti-virus technology implemented by some of the world's biggest corporations including Netflix, Citi, and Salesforce. By delivering real-time malware blocking, detection, containment, restoration and analysis in one integrated platform, Progent's Active Security Monitoring cuts total cost of ownership, simplifies administration, and promotes rapid resumption of operations. The next-generation endpoint protection engine incorporated in Progent's Active Security Monitoring was ranked by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)." Learn about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense.
• Negotiating a settlement with the threat actor (TA): Progent has experience negotiating settlements with hackers. This calls for close co-operation with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Activities consist of determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault; identifying and establishing communications the hacker; testing decryption tool; budgeting a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance carrier; negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the hacker; checking compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions; carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA; receiving, reviewing, and operating the decryption utility; debugging failed files; creating a clean environment; mapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition; and reprovisioning physical and virtual devices and software services.
• Forensic analysis: This activity is aimed at learning the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers weaknesses in policies or processes that need to be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensics entails the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for variations. Forensic analysis is commonly given a top priority by the insurance provider. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other key recovery processes such as business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains a large team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

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