Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Cambridge
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a mix of field experience, IT skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy response teams that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your IT staff and restore your network quickly and economically.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the attack
• identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the TA's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
• Making replicas of every infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Recovering data from air-gapped restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption utility, current variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to require an additional settlement in exchange for not publishing this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no way to be certain that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in numerous cases the TA has little control over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of seeking the guidance of legal counsel, performing an investigation into which data were taken, and carrying out the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services throughout the U.S. for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, and CRISC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This scope of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your IT environment following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into a viable system. Progent has worked with leading insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Cambridge
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement guidance in Cambridge, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.