Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Appleton
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Since the top goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to establish response teams that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Determining the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• making contact with the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the hacker's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
• Making replicas of each compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring data from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers can then demand an additional payment in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to guarantee that exfiltrated data have been completely deleted by the hacker. In fact, in numerous instances the threat actor has little control about data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which files were compromised, and carrying out the required alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services throughout the U.S. for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation 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, and GIAC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into a viable system. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Appleton
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Appleton, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.