Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Brisbane
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy response groups that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of technical skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and recover your network quickly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the TA's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and schedule with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and operating the hacker's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryption tool

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the attack
• Making replicas of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
• Adding anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring data from air-gapped restores or unscathed machines
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, current variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to exfiltrate information. TAs can then demand a separate ransom for not posting this data or selling it. Sadly, there is no way to be certain that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the TA has little control over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an investigation into which data were compromised, and carrying out the mandated alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

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 Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the undamaged parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

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