Manchester Ransomware Filtering and Cleanup Services

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

24x7 Remote Help from a Senior Ransomware Consultant
Ransomware needs time to steal its way through a target network. For this reason, ransomware attacks are typically unleashed on weekends and at night, when support personnel are likely to take longer to become aware of a breach and are least able to organize a rapid and forceful defense. The more lateral movement ransomware can make inside a target's system, the more time it takes to restore basic 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 guide you to complete the time-critical first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist organizations in the Manchester area to identify and quarantine infected devices and guard undamaged assets from being compromised.

If your network has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, act fast. Get help quickly by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800.

Progent's Ransomware Recovery Expertise Available in Manchester
Modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and attack any accessible backups. Data synched to the cloud can also be impacted. For a vulnerable environment, this can make automated recovery nearly impossible and basically sets the IT system back to square one. Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers responsible for ransomware attack, insist on a ransom payment for the decryption tools needed to unlock scrambled files. Ransomware attacks also attempt to exfiltrate information and TAs demand an additional settlement for not publishing this information or selling it. Even if you can rollback your network to a tolerable point in time, exfiltration can pose a major problem depending on the sensitivity of the stolen information.

The recovery process after a ransomware breach has several distinct phases, most of which can proceed in parallel if the response team has enough members with the necessary experience.

• Quarantine: This time-critical first response requires arresting the sideways spread of the attack across your network. The more time a ransomware assault is allowed to run unrestricted, the more complex and more expensive the restoration effort. Because of this, Progent maintains a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline staffed by veteran ransomware response experts. Containment processes include isolating infected endpoint devices from the network to block the spread, documenting the environment, and protecting entry points.
• System continuity: This covers restoring the IT system to a basic useful level of functionality with the least delay. This effort is typically the highest priority for the targets of the ransomware attack, who often perceive it to be a life-or-death issue for their business. This activity also requires the widest array of technical skills that cover domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual servers, desktops, laptops and mobile phones, databases, office and line-of-business applications, network topology, and protected remote access management. Progent's ransomware recovery experts use state-of-the-art collaboration tools to coordinate the multi-faceted recovery process. Progent understands the urgency of working rapidly, continuously, and in unison with a customer's management and IT group to prioritize activity and to get critical services back online as quickly as feasible.
• Data restoration: The effort necessary to restore data damaged by a ransomware assault depends on the state of the systems, how many files are affected, and what recovery techniques are needed. Ransomware attacks can take down pivotal databases which, if not carefully shut down, may need to be reconstructed from the beginning. This can include DNS and Active Directory databases. Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server rely on Active Directory, and many ERP and other business-critical applications depend on Microsoft SQL Server. Some detective work could be needed to locate clean data. For example, non-encrypted Outlook Email Offline Folder Files may have survived on employees' desktop computers and notebooks that were off line at the time of the attack. Progent's ProSight Data Protection Services offer Altaro VM Backup tools to protect against ransomware by leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage. This creates tamper-proof data that cannot be modified by any user including root users.
• Implementing modern antivirus/ransomware defense: Progent's ProSight ASM uses SentinelOne's machine learning technology to give small and mid-sized companies the advantages of the same anti-virus tools used by many of the world's biggest corporations such as Netflix, Citi, and NASDAQ. By delivering in-line malware filtering, identification, mitigation, repair and analysis in one integrated platform, Progent's ASM reduces total cost of ownership, streamlines management, and expedites recovery. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection (NGEP) incorporated in Progent's ProSight ASM was listed by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Find out 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 ransom settlements with threat actors. This calls for working closely with the victim and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Services consist of establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker; testing decryption capabilities; budgeting a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier; negotiating a settlement and timeline with the TA; confirming adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions; overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA; receiving, learning, and operating the decryptor tool; debugging decryption problems; creating a pristine environment; mapping and reconnecting datastores to match exactly their pre-attack state; and recovering machines and services.
• Forensics: This activity is aimed at discovering the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault travelled through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in security policies or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensics entails the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies. Forensics is typically assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other important recovery processes like business continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Contact Progent for Ransomware System Recovery Services in Manchester
For ransomware system restoration expertise in the Manchester area, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.