Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Albany
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy response teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of experts to complement your IT support team and restore your network environment quickly and economically.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and using the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the assault
• Creating digital copies of every breached device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers are then able to demand an extra ransom for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to prove that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the TA. In fact, in numerous instances the threat actor has limited control over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the guidance of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which data were taken, and performing the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the United States for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial and ERP software. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the surviving pieces of your information system following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into an operational system. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Services in Albany
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation guidance in Albany, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.