Ransomware Response Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Anchorage
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of field experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to establish recovery teams that work effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of IT knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the hacker's decryption tool
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the TA's decryption tool
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the attack
• Making replicas of every breached device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped backups or uncompromised machines
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to match exactly their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, current variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim commonly attempt to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand an additional ransom in exchange for not posting this data on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to prove that stolen files have been totally erased by the TA. In fact, in many instances the threat actor has little say over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which files were stolen, and carrying out the required notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services across the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial and ERP software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Anchorage
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement services in Anchorage, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.