Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Brooklyn
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of field experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Because the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network environment rapidly and economically.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• identifying and contacting the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the TA's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the threat actor
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating replicas of each breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Recovering data from offline restores or unscathed machines
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to exfiltrate files. TAs are then able to demand an additional settlement in exchange for not divulging this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally deleted by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the hacker has little say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which data were taken, and carrying out the mandated notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services across the U.S. for over 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 includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This breadth of skills allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged parts of your information system after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Brooklyn
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement guidance in Brooklyn, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.