Ransomware Response Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Baltimore
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to establish response groups that work efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT support team and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption tool
• Agreeing on a settlement payment with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryptor tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the attack
• Making digital copies of each compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
• Building a pristine environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption utility, current variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate information. Hackers are then able to demand an additional settlement in exchange for not posting this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no method to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the hacker. Actually, in many instances the hacker has little say about where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an audit on which data were compromised, and performing the required notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and onsite network services across the U.S. for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving parts of your information system following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers including Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

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