The Best Ransomware Removal
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The Best Ransomware Removal Service & Companies
Ransomware removal requires different disciplines to be done both quickly and effectively. If you are a larger company that has fallen victim to ransomware, your best path forward for top protection of your brand and a fast return to full operation, will require a good cyber breach lawyer and a well-coordinated team of service providers. Below we list leading ransomware removal services.
The table below lists several companies with focuses on ransomware recovery specialties. Some firms are staffed with ransomware removal experts to respond in the middle of the night, on weekends and holidays. Others only respond during normal business hours. Some are only staffed with US-based personnel, while others utilize primarily contractors and offshore personnel for their ransomware removal company.
No one single ransomware removal consulting company is likely to get you a full stack of recovery services, although some come close. Smaller companies are best served by a smaller provider that performs the full stack of services. Their rates are a bit less and fit better for the Return on Investment you need as a smaller ransomware victim. If you are a larger firm, some of these firms do a good job of teaming together to provide a much higher level of expertise in each category that will pay dividends. If you talk to an experienced provider with whom you are comfortable and confident, they will usually inform you when it is time to bring in another provider that is highly skilled in one of the needed disciplines they may not specialize in.
Leading Ransomware Recovery Services
The ransomware recovery service companies below fall into three primary specialty areas:
1. Ransomware Negotiation/Decryption
2. Incident Response/Containment
3. Ransomware Recovery/IT System Rebuilding and Recovery
The following table will help you decide which firm is your best fit depending on the specific services you are looking for. As you can see, there are many capabilities to look for when selecting the right response team. Alvaka checks most of these boxes, and having been intimately involved and experienced in many recovery processes, we know the best companies to bring in to support in the areas we don’t necessarily focus on. The companies included are: Arete, Coveware, CrowdStrike, MOXFIVE, Alvaka, and IT Simplified. The table is also available for pdf download if needed.
What You Can Expect from Alvaka
An important variable that can impact your ransomware recovery efforts is the variant of ransomware you have been hit with. This could potentially inform your decision making when choosing the right recovery services company. New ransomware variants continue to arise on a regular basis, but you can see a list of some of the most common ones HERE.
Although the above information is meant to help in a ransomware recovery situation, it is always a good idea to take proactive steps to prevent an attack. In order to assist you in this effort, we have created a ransomware resource page that includes top questions about ransomware, blogs, videos and more.
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.