Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Anchorage
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of experts to supplement your network support team and recover your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the TA's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the hacker's decryptor tool
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
• Creating digital copies of each breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Installing A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging data from offline backups or unscathed machines
• Building a clean environment
• Remapping and connecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers are then able to demand a separate ransom in exchange for not divulging this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no way to prove that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the TA. In fact, in many cases the TA has limited control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an inventory of files were compromised, and carrying out the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite IT services across the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving pieces of your network following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Anchorage
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation expertise in Anchorage, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.