Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Plano
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that requires a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Because the top goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy recovery groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your IT support team and restore your network quickly and affordably.

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

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryption utility
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of each infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from offline restores or unscathed machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, current variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers can then require an additional ransom for not publishing this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to be certain that exfiltrated data have been totally erased by the threat actor. Actually, in many cases the hacker has little control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an inventory of data were stolen, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and onsite IT services across the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the undamaged pieces of your network following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

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