Georgia's ProLogic ITS Tapped to Mitigate Network Virus Outbreak in NC School District

ATLANTA, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the ProLogic ITS Corporate Office confirms they are working with Rockingham County School District in North Carolina on a recent widespread Emotet virus attack, which crippled the district's network infrastructure including Servers, Storage, and End-User Computing Devices.

The Emotet Virus is a sophisticated, polymorphic virus that can avoid detection multiple ways. Although there is no full-proof solution to stop such an attack, following industry standard processes and the installation of anti-virus software on each system will help mitigate the spread of the virus.

Stopping this virus requires each machine on an infected network to be protected with Anti-Virus Software; it is also critical that you are following Industry Standard best practices relating to network protection.  

"Schools are a prime target for nefarious hackers considering most districts operate on a shoe string budget, thus having outdated technology and are almost always understaffed," says Paul Sprayberry a Managing Partner with ProLogic ITS.

The company was first contacted by the services organization of Dell EMC on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 9:12am. Shortly thereafter ProLogic engaged Rockingham County Schools IT Department and was debriefed on the situation. At that time, they quickly pulled together an Incident Response Team to further evaluate the situation and wait for board approval of the $314,000.00 contract.

As part of the contract, ProLogic ITS is providing up to 10 Onsite and Offsite Technical Resources on a daily basis to function as an extension of the Districts in-house IT Department to contain and remove the widespread Emotet virus. Furthermore, ProLogic will temporarily provide 200 Dell Latitude Laptops, and a 30-day Managed Detection and Response Service. This service integrates the best of signature, behavioral, and anomaly detection capabilities with a rich suite of forensic investigation tools that enable security analyst to block threats in real time.

Over the course of the next few weeks, ProLogic will recommend to the district a go forward plan to help prevent this type of situation from occurring in the future. Such a plan will likely be focused on bringing the district's technology up to current industry standards.   

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ProLogic ITS, LLC is known across the country as an end-to-end solution provider. We design and build solutions based on industry-standard technology platforms and related value-added services. Our turn-key business model meets the specific needs of our customers while providing cost-effective solutions designed to provide excellent performance with a lower overall cost of ownership.

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SOURCE ProLogic ITS