Lincoln Ransomware Prevention and Remediation Solutions

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

24x7 Online Help from a Senior Ransomware Engineer
Ransomware needs time to steal its way through a target network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are commonly launched on weekends and at night, when support staff may take longer to become aware of a breach and are less able to organize a quick and forceful response. The more lateral movement ransomware can make within a target's system, the more time it will require to recover basic operations and damaged files and the more information can be stolen and posted to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to guide you to carry out the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can assist organizations in the Lincoln area to identify and quarantine infected devices and guard clean assets from being compromised.

If your system has been breached 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 Recovery Expertise Offered in Lincoln
Modern strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and invade any accessible backups. Files synched to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a vulnerable network, this can make automated recovery nearly impossible and effectively throws the IT system back to the beginning. Threat Actors, the cybercriminals responsible for ransomware attack, insist on a settlement payment in exchange for the decryptors needed to recover encrypted data. Ransomware assaults also try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information and TAs require an additional ransom in exchange for not posting this information on the dark web. Even if you are able to restore your network to a tolerable date in time, exfiltration can pose a major problem depending on the sensitivity of the downloaded information.

The restoration process subsequent to ransomware penetration has several distinct phases, most of which can proceed in parallel if the recovery team has enough members with the necessary experience.

• Containment: This time-critical initial step involves arresting the lateral progress of ransomware within your network. The more time a ransomware attack is allowed to run unchecked, the more complex and more costly the restoration effort. Recognizing this, Progent keeps a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline staffed by veteran ransomware response experts. Containment activities consist of cutting off affected endpoints from the network to restrict the spread, documenting the environment, and securing entry points.
• System continuity: This covers bringing back the IT system to a basic useful degree of capability with the least downtime. This process is typically the top priority for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often perceive it to be an existential issue for their company. This project also requires the widest range of IT abilities that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual machines, PCs, notebooks and mobile phones, databases, productivity and line-of-business applications, network architecture, and protected endpoint access. Progent's recovery team uses advanced collaboration tools to organize the complex restoration effort. Progent understands the urgency of working quickly, continuously, and in unison with a client's management and IT group to prioritize tasks and to get essential resources back online as quickly as feasible.
• Data restoration: The effort required to recover files impacted by a ransomware assault varies according to the state of the network, how many files are encrypted, and which restore methods are required. Ransomware attacks can take down pivotal databases which, if not carefully closed, may have to be reconstructed from scratch. This can apply to DNS and AD databases. Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server depend on Active Directory, and many ERP and other business-critical applications depend on Microsoft SQL Server. Some detective work may be needed to locate clean data. For instance, undamaged Outlook Email Offline Folder Files may exist on staff desktop computers and laptops that were not connected during the ransomware assault.
• Implementing modern antivirus/ransomware protection: Progent's ProSight ASM utilizes SentinelOne's behavioral analysis technology to give small and mid-sized companies the benefits of the same AV tools deployed by some of the world's largest enterprises including Walmart, Citi, and NASDAQ. By delivering real-time malware filtering, detection, mitigation, repair and analysis in a single integrated platform, Progent's ASM cuts TCO, streamlines administration, and expedites operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection (NGEP) built into in Progent's ASM was ranked by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner. Find out about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiating a settlement with the threat actor (TA): Progent has experience negotiating settlements with hackers. This requires close co-operation with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Activities include determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker; verifying decryption tool; budgeting a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier; establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the TA; checking adherence to anti-money laundering sanctions; overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker; acquiring, reviewing, and operating the decryptor utility; debugging failed files; building a clean environment; remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state; and recovering physical and virtual devices and software services.
• Forensics: This process is aimed at uncovering the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensics involves the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a top priority by the insurance provider. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as business resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

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For ransomware system restoration consulting services in the Lincoln area, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.