Ransomware Response Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Charleston
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that requires a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also calls for working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of experts to supplement your IT staff and recover your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering laws
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption tool
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of every breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
• Creating a pristine environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption utility, current strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor often try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then require an extra payment in exchange for not posting this information on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally erased by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited say over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an inventory of data were stolen, and carrying out the required notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in core technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP software. This scope of skills allows Progent to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your network following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has worked with top insurance providers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in Charleston
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement services in Charleston, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.