Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Bakersfield
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also calls for working closely with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the TA's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement payment with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the TA's decryption utility
• If needed, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of each compromised device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
• Creating a clean environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate information. Hackers can then demand an additional ransom for not posting this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no method to guarantee that exfiltrated files have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in many cases the threat actor has limited say about who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the advice of legal counsel, conducting an inventory of data were stolen, and carrying out the required notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided 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 practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SBEs) includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your information system after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into an operational system. Progent has worked with leading insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Bakersfield
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation expertise in Bakersfield, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.