Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Santos
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if there is one. Because the top goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery groups that work efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of IT knowledge and the depth of experts to supplement your IT staff and restore your network environment rapidly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the TA
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the TA's decryptor mechanism
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryption utility

• Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
• Creating digital copies of every compromised device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine environment
• Remapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers can then demand an additional settlement in exchange for not divulging this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to guarantee that exfiltrated data have been completely deleted by the TA. In fact, in many instances the hacker has little say about where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of seeking the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which files were taken, and performing the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services across the U.S. for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your information system after a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

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