Ransomware Response Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Birmingham
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also calls for working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Because the top priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy response teams that work efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of experts to complement your network staff and recover your network rapidly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating digital copies of every infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised machines
• Creating a pristine environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, modern variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to exfiltrate files. Hackers are then able to require an additional settlement for not publishing this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to prove that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the TA. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited say over who can access the stolen files. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an inventory of files were taken, and carrying out the mandated notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and onsite IT services across the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Birmingham
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement services in Birmingham, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.