Ransomware Response Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Campinas
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that requires a combination of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your IT staff and recover your network quickly and economically.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the TA
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the attack
• Making replicas of each compromised server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from air-gapped backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers are then able to require an extra ransom for not publishing this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited control over data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which data were stolen, and carrying out the required alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services throughout the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP applications. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly 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 Campinas
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation expertise in Campinas, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.