In today’s digital landscape, ransomware attacks have become increasingly prevalent and devastating for businesses of all sizes. As a result, it is essential for organizations to have a robust disaster recovery plan in place to protect against and recover from such attacks. Quorums onQ offers a comprehensive solution, with a built-in test room environment, which can be used as a clean room to troubleshoot and perform forensics on ransomware attacks effectively.

Benefits of Using onQ Clean Room Test Network for Ransomware Troubleshooting

Included with onQ solution so you can test as often want
Provides a safe and controlled environment for simulating ransomware attacks
Enables thorough testing of recovery capabilities
Facilitates forensic analysis of infected servers without risking production systems
Helps organizations identify and address vulnerabilities in their network
Enhances overall security posture and resilience against ransomware attacks
Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements by documenting recovery processes
Collaborate with external partners, such as law enforcement and cybersecurity experts, to combat ransomware threats more effectively

“Over the past 2 years, we have had 3 Ransomware attacks, mostly caused by employees opening documents with infected attachments that looked legitimate. We were able to isolate and recover the infected servers in a matter of minutes. I can honestly say, without Quorum, we would not be in business today.”

– Confidential Oil and Gas Client

How to Use onQ Test Network as a Clean Room for Ransomware Troubleshooting

Once you have taken the preliminary steps of contacting insurance, any police, or forensic experts and made the decision to try and recover, you should proceed in a methodical best practice driven direction.

1. Set up the Clean Room Environment.

Create a replica of your production servers and data within the onQ Test Network at a point in time before ransomware took effect. This will serve as a baseline for conducting ransomware troubleshooting activities without risking the integrity of your primary systems.

2. Perform Forensics.

With the clean environment set up you can use it to perform extensive forensics and ensure the servers are free from infections of ransomware, spyware, and root kits.

3. Clean Network.

While working on the servers is a key to recovery, forensics should also be used to identify how your network was breached, and ensure that no back doors were added so you are not reinfected.

4. Document Findings and Recommendations.

Keep detailed records of the ransomware troubleshooting process, including the steps taken, recovery outcomes, and areas for improvement. Use this information to refine your disaster recovery plan and enhance your organization’s security and resilience against future ransomware attacks. This information should also be given to the FBI or CISA to be used in fighting the ransomware epidemic.

5. Recovery.

Once comfortable with the forensics and network status you can move the cleaned servers from the onQ test network back into the production environment, and restore functionality to your company.

Quorum onQ is the Core of Our Disaster Recovery and Ransomware Protection Solution.

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Security is in Our DNA

With all Quorum solutions, security measures such as immutable back-ups, encryption at rest and in transit, multi-factor authentication, and a zero-trust environment are our highest priority. For customers using Quorum Cloud, each customer receives dedicated resources in the event of a disaster, with connectivity via open VPN or Cisco AnyConnect. Our multiple cloud locations are fully PCI and HIPAA compliant to ensure your most sensitive data is safe.

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15+

Ransomware Infections

0

Recovery Time

~5 mins.

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In under 2 hours, we completed a bare metal restore from the local Quorum server and went home and got some sleep. The next morning came and no one even knew the PDC for the entire institution died the night prior.

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Quorum is ridiculously easy to learn how to operate. To be able to operate this effectively out of restore and backup, is incredible. I think it’s a very elegant solution, a very well thought out and a very well-designed solution.