Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Tulsa
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of IT knowledge and the depth of personnel to complement your network staff and restore your network rapidly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Checking accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the TA's decryption mechanism
• If needed, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
• Making digital copies of every breached device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Adding A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped restores or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to exfiltrate information. TAs are then able to demand an additional payment for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to prove that exfiltrated data have been totally deleted by the TA. Actually, in many cases the TA has little say over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for seeking the guidance of legal counsel, conducting an inventory of data were taken, and carrying out the necessary notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises IT services across the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP applications. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

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