Ransomware Solutions Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Beverly Hills
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also calls for working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT knowledge and the depth of experts to complement your network support team and recover your network environment rapidly and economically.

Services available from Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• identifying and contacting the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the threat actor
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating replicas of every infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from air-gapped restores or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match exactly their pre-attack condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption utility, modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs can then require an additional ransom in exchange for not posting this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no way to be certain that stolen files have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in numerous instances the hacker has limited control over data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the advice of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which files were stolen, and sending the required notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services across the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving pieces of your network following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Beverly Hills
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in Beverly Hills, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.