Ransomware Solutions Services

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Anaheim
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a mix of field experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also requires working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of technical knowledge and the depth of experts to complement your IT staff and restore your network environment quickly and economically.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and using the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
• Creating digital copies of each compromised device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from offline restores or uncompromised machines
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then require an extra payment in exchange for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to be certain that stolen data have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in many cases the hacker has little say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which data were compromised, and performing the required notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services across the United States for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Anaheim
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation expertise in Anaheim, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.