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Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Columbus
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target'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 operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the depth of experts to complement your network staff and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and using the threat actor's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the assault
• Making replicas of every breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Installing anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to demand a separate settlement in exchange for not posting this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to prove that stolen files have been totally erased by the hacker. In fact, in many instances the threat actor has little say over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an inventory of files were stolen, and carrying out the necessary notifications to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services across the United States for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of SMEs includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the undamaged parts of your network following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers including Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Services in Columbus
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in Columbus, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.