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Ransomware requires time to steal its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware attacks are commonly launched on weekends and at night, when support staff may be slower to become aware of a breach and are least able to organize a quick and coordinated defense. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve within a victim's network, the more time it will require to recover basic IT services and damaged files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help you to carry out the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by putting out the fire. Progent's remote ransomware engineer can help businesses in the Chattanooga metro area to locate and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect undamaged assets from being compromised.

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 Response Services Offered in Chattanooga
Modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online data and invade any available system restores and backups. Data synched to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a poorly defended environment, this can make system restoration almost impossible and basically sets the IT system back to the beginning. So-called Threat Actors, the hackers behind a ransomware attack, demand a settlement payment for the decryptors needed to unlock scrambled data. Ransomware attacks also attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files and TAs demand an additional settlement in exchange for not posting this data on the dark web. Even if you are able to restore your system to an acceptable date in time, exfiltration can pose a big problem depending on the sensitivity of the stolen information.

The restoration process subsequent to ransomware attack involves a number of crucial stages, most of which can proceed in parallel if the response team has a sufficient number of members with the necessary experience.

• Containment: This time-critical initial response requires blocking the lateral spread of the attack within your network. The longer a ransomware assault is permitted to run unrestricted, the longer and more costly the recovery process. Because of this, Progent maintains a round-the-clock Ransomware Hotline staffed by seasoned ransomware response engineers. Quarantine activities include isolating infected endpoints from the rest of network to minimize the contagion, documenting the environment, and protecting entry points.
• System continuity: This involves restoring the IT system to a basic acceptable degree of functionality with the shortest possible downtime. This effort is usually at the highest level of urgency for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often see it as a life-or-death issue for their company. This activity also demands the widest range of technical abilities that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, desktops, laptops and mobile phones, databases, productivity and mission-critical applications, network architecture, and secure endpoint access management. Progent's ransomware recovery team uses state-of-the-art collaboration tools to organize the complex restoration process. Progent understands the urgency of working rapidly, continuously, and in concert with a customer's management and IT staff to prioritize tasks and to get essential services on line again as fast as possible.
• Data recovery: The effort necessary to recover files impacted by a ransomware attack varies according to the state of the network, the number of files that are affected, and which restore methods are needed. Ransomware attacks can take down critical databases which, if not gracefully closed, might have to be rebuilt from scratch. This can include DNS and AD databases. Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server rely on AD, and many manufacturing and other mission-critical platforms depend on Microsoft SQL Server. Often some detective work may be required to locate clean data. For example, non-encrypted Outlook Email Offline Folder Files may have survived on employees' PCs and notebooks that were off line during the ransomware attack.
• Deploying advanced AV/ransomware defense: ProSight ASM gives small and mid-sized companies the advantages of the same anti-virus technology deployed by some of the world's largest corporations such as Netflix, Citi, and NASDAQ. By delivering real-time malware filtering, identification, mitigation, repair and analysis in a single integrated platform, Progent's ProSight ASM cuts TCO, simplifies management, and expedites resumption of operations. The next-generation endpoint protection engine built into in Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring was listed by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Find out about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware recovery.
• Negotiating a settlement with the hacker Progent has experience negotiating ransom settlements with hackers. This requires close co-operation with the victim and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Services consist of establishing the kind of ransomware used in the assault; identifying and making contact with the hacker persona; verifying decryption capabilities; deciding on a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance carrier; negotiating a settlement and timeline with the TA; confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions; overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker; acquiring, learning, and operating the decryption utility; debugging decryption problems; creating a clean environment; remapping and connecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition; and recovering machines and software services.
• Forensics: This process is aimed at uncovering the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware assault travelled through the network helps you to assess the impact and brings to light gaps in policies or processes that should be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensics entails the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for variations. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

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