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Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware needs time to work its way through a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support staff are likely to take longer to recognize a breach and are least able to mount a quick and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware can make within a target's network, the more time it takes to recover core operations and damaged files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist organizations to carry out the urgent first step in responding to a ransomware assault by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist organizations in the Salinas metro area to locate and isolate infected servers and endpoints and protect undamaged resources from being penetrated.

If your network has been breached 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 Expertise Available in Salinas
Current strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and infiltrate any available system restores and backups. Data synched to the cloud can also be impacted. For a vulnerable environment, this can make automated restoration almost impossible and effectively sets the datacenter back to square one. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers behind a ransomware assault, demand a ransom fee in exchange for the decryptors needed to recover scrambled files. Ransomware attacks also try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files and hackers demand an extra payment for not publishing this data on the dark web. Even if you can restore your network to a tolerable point in time, exfiltration can be a major issue according to the nature of the downloaded information.

The restoration process subsequent to ransomware attack involves several crucial stages, the majority of which can proceed concurrently if the recovery team has a sufficient number of people with the necessary experience.

• Quarantine: This urgent initial step involves arresting the lateral spread of the attack across your IT system. The longer a ransomware assault is allowed to go unchecked, the more complex and more expensive the recovery effort. Because of this, Progent keeps a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline monitored by seasoned ransomware response engineers. Containment activities include cutting off infected endpoint devices from the rest of network to block the spread, documenting the IT system, and protecting entry points.
• Operational continuity: This involves restoring the network to a minimal useful level of functionality with the shortest possible downtime. This effort is usually the highest priority for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often see it as an existential issue for their business. This activity also requires the broadest range of technical abilities that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, PCs, notebooks and smart phones, databases, productivity and line-of-business applications, network architecture, and safe remote access management. Progent's ransomware recovery team uses state-of-the-art collaboration platforms to organize the complex restoration process. Progent appreciates the importance of working quickly, tirelessly, and in concert with a client's management and IT group to prioritize activity and to put vital services on line again as quickly as possible.
• Data restoration: The work required to recover files damaged by a ransomware assault varies according to the state of the systems, how many files are affected, and which restore methods are needed. Ransomware attacks can destroy pivotal databases which, if not properly shut down, may need to be reconstructed from the beginning. This can include DNS and Active Directory (AD) databases. Exchange and SQL Server rely on Active Directory, and many manufacturing and other business-critical platforms are powered by Microsoft SQL Server. Often some detective work could be needed to locate clean data. For example, non-encrypted OST files (Outlook Email Offline Folder Files) may have survived on staff desktop computers and notebooks that were not connected during the assault.
• Setting up advanced antivirus/ransomware defense: ProSight ASM utilizes SentinelOne's machine learning technology to offer small and medium-sized businesses the advantages of the identical anti-virus tools deployed by many of the world's biggest corporations such as Walmart, Citi, and NASDAQ. By providing in-line malware blocking, detection, mitigation, restoration and forensics in a single integrated platform, Progent's ProSight ASM cuts total cost of ownership, simplifies administration, and promotes rapid operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection (NGEP) built into in Progent's ASM was listed 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 defense with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiating a settlement with the hacker Progent is experienced in negotiating settlements with threat actors. This calls for close co-operation with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Services consist of determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault; identifying and making contact with the hacker persona; verifying decryption capabilities; budgeting a settlement with the victim and the insurance provider; establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker; checking compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions; overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA; acquiring, reviewing, and using the decryptor utility; troubleshooting decryption problems; creating a clean environment; mapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption state; and restoring computers and software services.
• Forensic analysis: This process is aimed at uncovering the ransomware attack's storyline across the network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and highlights vulnerabilities in policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensics involves the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for changes. Forensic analysis is usually given a high priority by the insurance provider. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important recovery processes like business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

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