Chicago Ransomware Defense and Recovery Expertise

Progent's Ransomware Protection and Recovery Services
Ransomware can cripple and sometimes wipe out a business. Progent has developed specialized services that marshal advanced machine leaning techniques and the knowledge of seasoned data security professionals to help businesses of any size in Chicago to ward off or recover from a ransomware assault. Progent's services include network-wide vulnerability reports, continuous remote monitoring, ransomware filtering based on machine learning, and fast restoration of operations led by Progent's experienced team of ransomware cleanup consultants.

Progent's crypto-ransomware defense services are built to stymie ransomware attacks before they damage your business, and to restore compromised IT systems to productive operation as quickly as possible. Progent's crypto-ransomware protection solutions can be provided on-site or remotely to save time and minimize costs. Progent has worked with top IT insurance companies like Chubb to offer vulnerability audits, non-stop monitoring, rapid recovery, ransom settlement negotiation, and root-cause forensic analysis.

Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line: Call 800-462-8800
Progent's Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line is designed to assist organizations to take the time-critical first step in responding to a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware expert can assist you to locate and isolate infected servers and endpoints and guard undamaged assets from being penetrated. If your Chicago system has been penetrated by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800. For details, see Progent's Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report: Online Evaluation
The ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report service is an affordable service based on a brief interview with a Progent backup/recovery consultant. The fact-finding interview is designed to help assess your organization's ability either to block ransomware or recover quickly following an attack by a ransomware strain such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti or Nephilim. Progent will consult with you personally to collect information concerning your existing security profile and backup/recovery system, and Progent will then deliver a written Basic Security and Best Practices Report describing how you can apply best practices to create an efficient AV and backup/recovery system that minimizes your vulnerability to a ransomware attack and aligns with your company's requirements. For details, refer to Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report.

SentinelOne Dealers and Integration Consultants: AI-based Threat Defense
SentinelOne's Singularity product line is a subscription-based, cloud-centered cyberthreat management stack that includes AI software and advanced services to provide enterprise-class endpoint detection and response (Singularity Control and Complete) and managed detection and response (Singularity Complete with Vigilance MDR). SentinelOne's small-footprint agents can be loaded in minutes to guard popular endpoints against increasingly sophisticated threats such as ransomware, familiar and new malware, trojan viruses, hacking toolkits, memory exploits, script misuse, destructive macros, and living-off-the-land attacks. SentinelOne agents are offered for Windows, Apple macOS, Linux distributions, and Kubernetes endpoints. Supported deployment models include physical, virtual, VDI, hybrid data centers, and cloud providers. Because SentinelOne software agents operate autonomously, they are able to provide advanced behavior-based protection in real time even when endpoints are not interfaced to the cloud. To find out more about Progent's support for SentinelOne cybersecurity technology, see SentinelOne resellers and integration consultants.

ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint detection and response (EDR) service that utilizes SentinelOne's next generation behavior-based threat analysis tools to defend physical and virtual endpoints against modern malware assaults like ransomware and file-less exploits, which routinely evade legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to address the entire threat progression including blocking, detection, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense.

Ransomware Removal and Operational Continuity Help: Progent's Ransomware Response Consulting Support
Progent's ransomware recovery consultants can assist your business to rebuild an IT network damaged by a ransomware crypto-worm like Ryuk, Maze, Dharma, Netwalker, Snatch or Egregor. To learn more, visit Progent's ransomware cleanup and operational continuity expertise.

Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting: Settlement with Ransomware Threat Actors
Progent's veteran ransomware settlement negotiation experts can assist your business to reach a settlement agreement with hackers after an assault by a ransomware crypto-worm like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, Snatch or Egregor. For details, see Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts.

Ransomware Forensics: Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware incursion and carry out a comprehensive forensics study including root-cause determination without disrupting the processes required for operational resumption and data restoration. To learn more, visit Progent's ransomware forensics analysis and reporting services.

Qualifying for Ransomware Cyber Insurance Assessments
Providers of cyber insurance have significantly expanded the scope of cybersecurity evaluations before beginning or renewing policies. Insurance companies are also verifying whether the answers clients provide on evaluation questionnaires align with the target environment before authorizing payments. Key areas include:

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all accounts, including administrators, whether local or cloud based
• Immutable backup with copies kept off premises
• Thorough periodic validation of backups including documentation describing what must be restored and in what order in case of an emergency
• Implementation on all servers and endpoints of a true Next Generation Anti-Virus (NGAV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform such as SentinelOne
• Staying current with software/firmware updates and patches
• Deployment of privileged account management (PAM) software like BeyondTrust

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) expertise
• Immutable backup implementation consulting
• Recovery planning and testing expertise
• SentinelOne NGAV and EDR/XDR planning and implementation expertise
• Software update management solutions
• CyberArk and BeyondTrust PAM integration services

Ransomware Cleanup Case Study: An Example of Progent's Ransomware Response Team in Action
Progent's ransomware recovery team deploys top notch project management applications to orchestrate the sophisticated restoration process. Progent appreciates the importance of working rapidly and in unison with a customer's management and Information Technology staff to assign priority to tasks and to put essential services back online as soon as possible. To read a case study of Progent's ransomware response experts at work, see Progent's ransomware removal and operational restoration consulting.

Download Datasheet: Progent's Ransomware Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Services
For a PDF datasheet describing Progent's ransomware endpoint detection and response services, click:
Progent's Progent's Ransomware Endpoint Detection and Response Services Datasheet. (PDF - 748 KB)

Five Crucial and Low-Cost Cybersecurity Practices
Your organization does not need to have a monster security budget to protect against cyber threats like ransomware. With a few strategic choices and by following best practices, you can substantially enhance your network security posture without going broke doing it. Progent has put together a short guide that describes five essential and affordable cybersecurity strategies that can defend your company against today's most pervasive cyber attacks. By focusing on these key areas, you can guard your information, infrastructure, and reputation, even with limited financial resources. See 5 essential and budget-friendly network security practices.

Contact Progent for Ransomware Solutions in Chicago
To find out more about Progent's ransomware protection and remediation expertise for Chicago, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.