Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Appleton
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also requires working closely with the victim's IT staff and the insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to establish recovery groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your IT staff and recover your network rapidly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the hacker's decryption tool
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating digital copies of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with restoration
• Adding anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from air-gapped backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, current strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then demand a separate settlement in exchange for not divulging this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no method to be certain that stolen data have been completely deleted by the hacker. In fact, in numerous instances the threat actor has limited control over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which files were stolen, and sending the necessary alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and on-premises network services across the U.S. for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and integrate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in Appleton
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement guidance in Appleton, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.