Ransomware Solutions Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Bakersfield
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery groups that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT staff and recover your network quickly and economically.

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

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Making contact with the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the TA's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the hacker's decryption mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
• Making replicas of every compromised device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Adding A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from offline restores or unscathed machines
• Building a clean environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers can then demand a separate settlement for not posting this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to guarantee that stolen data have been totally deleted by the TA. In fact, in many instances the hacker has little say about data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and sending the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises IT services throughout the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into an operational network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

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