Ransomware Response Services

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Chesapeake
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of field experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response groups that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement payment with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and using the hacker's decryption mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making replicas of every infected device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline restores or unscathed machines
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-encryption condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, current strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand a separate payment for not publishing this information on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous instances the threat actor has limited control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and performing the mandated alerts to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises IT services across the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Chesapeake
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement services in Chesapeake, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.