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Ransomware requires time to work its way across a target network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are typically unleashed on weekends and late at night, when IT staff are likely to take longer to recognize a breach and are less able to organize a rapid and coordinated response. The more lateral movement ransomware can make within a victim's network, the more time it takes to recover core IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be stolen and posted to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help organizations to take the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware engineers can help organizations in the Jacksonville area to locate and isolate breached servers and endpoints and guard clean assets from being compromised.

If your network has been breached by any version of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Progent's Ransomware Response Expertise Offered in Jacksonville
Current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor encrypt online files and infiltrate any available system restores and backups. Files synchronized to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a vulnerable network, this can make automated restoration nearly impossible and effectively sets the IT system back to the beginning. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers responsible for ransomware assault, demand a ransom fee for the decryption tools required to recover encrypted files. Ransomware assaults also attempt to exfiltrate files and TAs require an extra payment for not posting this data on the dark web. Even if you can restore your network to a tolerable date in time, exfiltration can pose a major problem according to the sensitivity of the downloaded information.

The recovery process subsequent to ransomware breach involves several crucial stages, the majority of which can be performed in parallel if the recovery workgroup has enough members with the required skill sets.

• Quarantine: This urgent initial response requires arresting the lateral progress of ransomware across your IT system. The longer a ransomware attack is allowed to go unchecked, the more complex and more expensive the restoration process. Recognizing this, Progent keeps a round-the-clock Ransomware Hotline staffed by seasoned ransomware response engineers. Containment processes include cutting off affected endpoints from the network to block the spread, documenting the IT system, and securing entry points.
• Operational continuity: This covers bringing back the network to a basic acceptable level of capability with the shortest possible delay. This effort is usually the top priority for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often perceive it to be a life-or-death issue for their company. This activity also requires the widest range of IT skills that cover domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, PCs, notebooks and smart phones, databases, office and line-of-business apps, network topology, and protected endpoint access. Progent's ransomware recovery experts use advanced collaboration tools to coordinate the multi-faceted recovery process. Progent understands the urgency of working rapidly, tirelessly, and in concert with a customer's management and IT staff to prioritize tasks and to get essential resources on line again as fast as feasible.
• Data recovery: The work required to restore data damaged by a ransomware assault varies according to the condition of the systems, the number of files that are encrypted, and what restore techniques are required. Ransomware attacks can destroy pivotal databases which, if not carefully shut down, may have to be reconstructed from the beginning. This can apply to DNS and Active Directory (AD) databases. Exchange and SQL Server depend on Active Directory, and many financial and other business-critical platforms depend on SQL Server. Often some detective work may be required to locate undamaged data. For example, non-encrypted OST files may have survived on employees' PCs and notebooks that were off line during the assault. Progent's ProSight Data Protection Services utilize Altaro VM Backup technology to protect against ransomware attacks via Immutable Cloud Storage. This produces tamper-proof backup data that cannot be modified by anyone including root users.
• Deploying advanced AV/ransomware defense: Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring incorporates SentinelOne's machine learning technology to give small and mid-sized businesses the benefits of the identical anti-virus tools implemented by many of the world's largest enterprises such as Walmart, Citi, and Salesforce. By providing real-time malware filtering, classification, mitigation, recovery and forensics in one integrated platform, ProSight Active Security Monitoring cuts TCO, simplifies administration, and expedites operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection engine built into in Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring was listed by Gartner Group as the industry's "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Read about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiation with the threat actor (TA): Progent has experience negotiating settlements with hackers. This requires working closely with the victim and the insurance provider, if there is one. Activities include establishing the type of ransomware used in the assault; identifying and establishing communications the hacker; testing decryption tool; deciding on a settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier; negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker; confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions; carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker; acquiring, reviewing, and using the decryption utility; troubleshooting decryption problems; creating a clean environment; mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption state; and reprovisioning computers and software services.
• Forensic analysis: This process is aimed at discovering the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensics entails the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to detect anomalies. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

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