Houston Ransomware Protection and Repair Services

Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware requires time to work its way through a target network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are commonly unleashed on weekends and late at night, when support staff may be slower to become aware of a penetration and are least able to mount a quick and forceful defense. The more lateral progress ransomware is able to manage inside a victim's system, the longer it will require to recover core operations and scrambled files and the more information can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is designed to help you to take the urgent first phase in mitigating a ransomware attack by stopping the bleeding. Progent's online ransomware experts can assist businesses in the Houston metro area to locate and isolate breached servers and endpoints and guard clean resources 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 Offered in Houston
Current variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim encrypt online data and attack any accessible system restores. Data synchronized to the cloud can also be corrupted. For a vulnerable network, this can make system restoration almost impossible and basically sets the datacenter back to square one. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the cybercriminals behind a ransomware attack, demand a settlement fee for the decryptors needed to unlock scrambled data. Ransomware attacks also try to exfiltrate files and TAs demand an extra ransom for not publishing this data or selling it. Even if you can rollback your network to a tolerable point in time, exfiltration can be a major issue according to the sensitivity of the downloaded information.

The recovery process subsequent to ransomware incursion has several crucial phases, most of which can proceed in parallel if the recovery team has a sufficient number of members with the required skill sets.

• Containment: This urgent initial step requires blocking the lateral spread of the attack across your IT system. The longer a ransomware attack is permitted to run unrestricted, the more complex and more expensive the restoration effort. Because of this, Progent maintains a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline monitored by veteran ransomware recovery engineers. Containment processes consist of cutting off affected endpoints from the rest of network to block the contagion, documenting the IT system, and protecting entry points.
• System continuity: This involves restoring the IT system to a basic useful degree of functionality with the least delay. This effort is typically at the highest level of urgency for the victims of the ransomware assault, who often perceive it to be an existential issue for their business. This project also requires the widest array of IT skills that cover domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual machines, PCs, notebooks and mobile phones, databases, productivity and line-of-business apps, network architecture, and secure endpoint access. Progent's recovery experts use advanced workgroup platforms to organize the complex restoration process. Progent understands the importance of working quickly, continuously, and in unison with a customer's managers and IT group to prioritize tasks and to get essential services on line again as fast as possible.
• Data restoration: The work required to restore data impacted by a ransomware assault varies according to the state of the systems, how many files are affected, and which recovery techniques are required. Ransomware assaults can take down key databases which, if not carefully closed, might need to be rebuilt from the beginning. This can include DNS and Active Directory (AD) databases. Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server rely on AD, and many manufacturing and other mission-critical applications are powered by SQL Server. Some detective work may be needed to find undamaged data. For example, non-encrypted OST files may exist on employees' desktop computers and laptops that were not connected during the assault. Progent's ProSight Data Protection Services offer Altaro VM Backup technology to protect against ransomware by leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage. This produces tamper-proof data that cannot be modified by any user including administrators or root users.
• Setting up advanced AV/ransomware defense: Progent's Active Security Monitoring incorporates SentinelOne's behavioral analysis technology to give small and medium-sized companies the advantages of the identical AV technology implemented by some of the world's biggest corporations including Netflix, Citi, and NASDAQ. By delivering real-time malware filtering, classification, mitigation, repair and forensics in one integrated platform, ProSight Active Security Monitoring reduces total cost of ownership, simplifies management, and expedites operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection engine built into in Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring was ranked by Gartner Group as the "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. Learn about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) next-generation endpoint protection and ransomware defense with SentinelOne technology.
• Negotiating a settlement with the threat actor (TA): Progent is experienced in negotiating ransom settlements with threat actors. This calls for close co-operation with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Services include establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker persona; verifying decryption tool; budgeting a settlement with the victim and the insurance carrier; establishing a settlement and schedule with the TA; confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions; carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker; receiving, reviewing, and operating the decryptor utility; troubleshooting decryption problems; creating a pristine environment; mapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition; and restoring machines and services.
• Forensic analysis: This activity is aimed at learning the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers gaps in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics entails the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect variations. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as operational resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of IT and security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

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