Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Brisbane
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the top priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the scope of IT skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network environment rapidly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the hacker
• Checking accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the TA's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the assault
• Making digital copies of each breached device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Adding anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline restores or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then demand a separate ransom in exchange for not publishing this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally deleted by the TA. In fact, in many cases the hacker has little control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an inventory of files were stolen, and performing the required notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services across the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, and GIAC. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your network following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them quickly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers including Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

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