Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Brisbane
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a combination of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the number one goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying 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 TA
• Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
• Making digital copies of every breached server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Installing anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a clean environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to match exactly their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs are then able to demand a separate ransom in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no method to be certain that exfiltrated files have been totally deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous cases the threat actor has little control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and sending the required notifications to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite IT services throughout the United States for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP applications. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.

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