Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in San Juan
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the insurance carrier, if any. Since the top goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to establish recovery teams that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of technical skills and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your IT support team and restore your network rapidly and affordably.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the hacker's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and schedule with the hacker
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the TA's decryption mechanism
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryption tool

• Isolating affected endpoints to arrest the spread of the assault
• Making replicas of every infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption tool, modern variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers are then able to demand a separate payment for not posting this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to guarantee that stolen data have been totally deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous instances the hacker has little control about who can access the stolen files. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an inventory of data were taken, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided online and on-premises IT services throughout the U.S. 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 includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into an operational system. Progent has worked with top insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

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