Ransomware Solutions Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Addison
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery groups that work efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of IT skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and recover your network quickly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor tool
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further progress of the assault
• Creating digital copies of every infected device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Adding A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from offline restores or uncompromised machines
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs can then demand an additional settlement for not publishing this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to prove that exfiltrated files have been totally deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in many instances the hacker has little control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which files were stolen, and performing the necessary alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and onsite network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP software. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top insurance carriers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

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