Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Beverly Hills
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT skills and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the top priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT knowledge and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

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

• Establishing the type of ransomware used in the assault
• making contact with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
• Agreeing on a settlement with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the TA's decryptor utility
• If needed, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints to arrest the spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of every breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with restoration
• Adding A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack state

Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs can then demand a separate payment in exchange for not publishing this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to prove that stolen data have been completely erased by the hacker. In fact, in many cases the threat actor has little control over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an inventory of files were compromised, and sending the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services across the U.S. for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP applications. This broad array of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your network after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into an operational network. Progent has worked with top insurance providers including Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

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