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Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware needs time to work its way across a target network. Because of this, ransomware assaults are commonly unleashed on weekends and at night, when IT staff may be slower to recognize a penetration and are less able to mount a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can make within a victim's network, the longer it will require to recover basic IT services and scrambled files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to help you to take the urgent first step in mitigating a ransomware attack by putting out the fire. Progent's online ransomware engineers can assist businesses in the Manchester metro area to locate and isolate infected devices and protect clean 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 Response Services Available in Manchester
Modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim encrypt online data and invade any accessible system restores. Data synched to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a poorly defended environment, this can make automated restoration almost impossible and basically knocks the datacenter back to the beginning. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers behind a ransomware attack, insist on a settlement payment in exchange for the decryption tools required to recover encrypted data. Ransomware attacks also attempt to exfiltrate files and hackers demand an extra payment for not posting this data on the dark web. Even if you are able to rollback your network to an acceptable date in time, exfiltration can be a major problem according to the nature of the stolen data.

The restoration work subsequent to ransomware attack has several distinct phases, most of which can be performed concurrently if the recovery workgroup has enough members with the necessary skill sets.

• Quarantine: This urgent initial response involves arresting the lateral spread of the attack within your network. The more time a ransomware assault is allowed to run unchecked, the longer and more expensive the restoration process. Because of this, Progent keeps a round-the-clock Ransomware Hotline monitored by veteran ransomware response experts. Quarantine activities include isolating affected endpoints from the network to restrict the spread, documenting the environment, and securing entry points.
• Operational continuity: This covers restoring the IT system to a basic useful level of functionality with the shortest possible downtime. This effort is usually the top priority for the targets of the ransomware assault, who often see it as an existential issue for their business. This project also requires the widest range of technical abilities that cover domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual machines, desktops, laptops and smart phones, databases, office and line-of-business apps, network topology, and protected endpoint access management. Progent's ransomware recovery team uses state-of-the-art collaboration platforms to organize the complicated restoration effort. Progent appreciates the importance of working rapidly, continuously, and in unison with a customer's management and IT staff to prioritize activity and to get essential resources back online as fast as possible.
• Data recovery: The effort required to recover files damaged by a ransomware attack depends on the state of the systems, how many files are affected, and which recovery methods are required. Ransomware assaults can destroy pivotal databases which, if not properly closed, may have to be reconstructed from the beginning. This can apply to DNS and Active Directory (AD) databases. Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server rely on Active Directory, and many manufacturing and other mission-critical platforms are powered by Microsoft SQL Server. Often some detective work could be required to locate clean data. For instance, undamaged OST files may have survived on staff PCs and laptops that were not connected during the attack. Progent's ProSight Data Protection Services utilize Altaro VM Backup tools to defend against ransomware attacks via Immutable Cloud Storage. This produces tamper-proof backup data that cannot be erased or modified by any user including administrators.
• Implementing modern AV/ransomware protection: Progent's ProSight ASM utilizes SentinelOne's machine learning technology to give small and medium-sized companies the benefits of the identical anti-virus technology deployed by some of the world's largest enterprises including Walmart, Visa, and NASDAQ. By delivering in-line malware blocking, detection, containment, recovery and analysis in one integrated platform, ProSight ASM reduces total cost of ownership, streamlines management, and expedites recovery. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection engine built into in Progent's Active Security Monitoring was listed by Gartner Group as the industry's "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. Find out about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware recovery with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiation with the threat actor (TA): Progent has experience negotiating settlements with threat actors. This calls for close co-operation with the 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 tool; deciding on a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance provider; negotiating a settlement and schedule with the hacker; confirming adherence to anti-money laundering sanctions; overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the TA; receiving, reviewing, and operating the decryption utility; troubleshooting failed files; creating a pristine environment; mapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition; and recovering physical and virtual devices and software services.
• Forensic analysis: 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 attack travelled through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers gaps in security policies or processes that should be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensics involves the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key recovery processes such as business continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

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