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Ransomware Hot Line: 800-462-8800

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Ransomware needs time to steal its way across a network. For this reason, ransomware assaults are typically launched on weekends and late at night, when IT staff are likely to take longer to recognize a break-in and are less able to organize a quick and coordinated response. The more lateral progress ransomware can achieve inside a victim's system, the longer it takes to recover core operations and scrambled files and the more data can be exfiltrated to the dark web.

Progent's Ransomware Hot Line is intended to assist you to take the urgent first phase in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware experts can assist businesses in the Santiago area to identify and quarantine breached servers and endpoints and protect undamaged assets from being penetrated.

If your system has been breached 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 Expertise Available in Santiago
Current variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor encrypt online files and attack any accessible backups. Files synchronized to the cloud can also be impacted. For a poorly defended environment, this can make system recovery nearly impossible and basically knocks the datacenter back to square one. So-called Threat Actors (TAs), the hackers behind a ransomware assault, insist on a ransom fee for the decryptors required to unlock encrypted files. Ransomware assaults also try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information and TAs demand an additional payment in exchange for not posting this data on the dark web. Even if you are able to restore your system to an acceptable point in time, exfiltration can pose a major problem depending on the sensitivity of the stolen information.

The recovery work after a ransomware breach involves a number of crucial phases, the majority of which can proceed in parallel if the recovery team has a sufficient number of people with the required skill sets.

• Containment: This time-critical first response requires blocking the lateral spread of the attack within your network. The more time a ransomware attack is allowed to go unrestricted, the more complex and more costly the recovery process. Because of this, Progent maintains a 24x7 Ransomware Hotline staffed by veteran ransomware response engineers. Quarantine activities include isolating infected endpoints from the rest of network to restrict the contagion, documenting the IT system, and protecting entry points.
• Operational continuity: This involves restoring the IT system to a minimal useful level of capability with the least downtime. This process is usually at the highest level of urgency for the victims of the ransomware attack, who often see it as an existential issue for their company. This project also requires the widest range of IT skills that span domain controllers, DHCP servers, physical and virtual machines, desktops, laptops and mobile phones, databases, office and mission-critical applications, network topology, and safe endpoint access management. Progent's recovery team uses advanced workgroup tools to organize the complex restoration process. Progent understands the importance of working quickly, continuously, and in concert with a customer's managers and network support staff to prioritize activity and to get critical resources back online as quickly as possible.
• Data recovery: The effort necessary to recover data impacted by a ransomware attack varies according to the state of the systems, how many files are encrypted, and which recovery methods are needed. Ransomware assaults can destroy key databases which, if not gracefully closed, may need to be reconstructed from the beginning. This can apply to DNS and Active Directory databases. Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server depend on AD, and many ERP and other mission-critical platforms depend on Microsoft SQL Server. Some detective work may be required to find clean data. For instance, undamaged OST files may exist on staff desktop computers and notebooks that were off line at the time of the ransomware attack. Progent's ProSight Data Protection Services offer Altaro VM Backup technology to protect against ransomware via Immutable Cloud Storage. This creates tamper-proof data that cannot be erased or modified by any user including administrators or root users.
• Setting up advanced antivirus/ransomware defense: Progent's Active Security Monitoring uses SentinelOne's machine learning technology to give small and mid-sized companies the benefits of the same AV technology used by many of the world's biggest corporations including Walmart, Citi, and NASDAQ. By delivering in-line malware blocking, identification, containment, recovery and analysis in a single integrated platform, ProSight Active Security Monitoring cuts TCO, simplifies management, and promotes rapid operational continuity. SentinelOne's next-generation endpoint protection (NGEP) incorporated in Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring was ranked by Gartner Group as the industry's "most visionary Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)." Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, 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 is experienced in negotiating ransom settlements with threat actors. This requires working closely with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier, if any. Services consist of determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack; identifying and making contact with the hacker persona; testing decryption capabilities; deciding on a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider; establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the hacker; checking adherence to anti-money laundering regulations; carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker; acquiring, learning, and operating the decryption utility; troubleshooting failed files; creating a clean environment; remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition; and reprovisioning physical and virtual devices and software services.
• Forensics: This activity is aimed at discovering the ransomware attack's storyline across the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault travelled through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics entails the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for changes. Forensics is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other key activities such as business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Contact Progent for Ransomware Cleanup Expertise in Santiago
For ransomware system recovery consulting in the Santiago metro area, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.