Ransomware Response Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Brisbane
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance carrier, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy response groups that work efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of experts to complement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Determining a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the hacker
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and using the hacker's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of each breached server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption tool, modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers can then demand an additional payment for not divulging this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to prove that stolen files have been totally deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous cases the TA has little say over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an investigation into which data were taken, and sending the required alerts to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services across the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the undamaged pieces of your information system after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

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