Ransomware Solutions Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Webster
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the victim's IT team and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the top priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to establish response groups that work efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware used in the assault
• identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the TA's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor tool
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the attack
• Creating replicas of every breached server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match exactly their pre-attack condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then require an additional settlement for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no way to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous instances the hacker has limited say over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an inventory of data were compromised, and performing the required notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP applications. This broad array of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Webster
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement guidance in Webster, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.