Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Kansas City
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to establish response groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of IT skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT staff and recover your network rapidly and economically.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the TA's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
• Making replicas of every breached device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from offline backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-attack state

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption utility, modern strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate information. Hackers can then demand an extra settlement in exchange for not divulging this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to be certain that stolen data have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in many cases the hacker has limited say over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the guidance of privacy lawyers, conducting an inventory of files were taken, and performing the required alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises IT services throughout the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP applications. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your information system after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance providers including Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Expertise in Kansas City
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement services in Kansas City, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.