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Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Cheyenne
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of field experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also requires close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Because the top goal of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to establish response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network rapidly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the hacker's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the assault
• Creating replicas of each compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from offline backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then demand an extra payment for not publishing this data or selling it. Sadly, there is no way to be certain that exfiltrated data have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in many instances the threat actor has limited control about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and performing the mandated alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services throughout the U.S. 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 advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Cheyenne
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Cheyenne, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.