Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Long Beach
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to establish recovery groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of experts to supplement your IT support team and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the TA
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption mechanism
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
• Creating replicas of every compromised device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from offline backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption state

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting payment for a decryption utility, current strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to demand a separate payment for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no way to guarantee that stolen data have been totally erased by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous instances the threat actor has limited say about where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which data were compromised, and performing the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services throughout the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP, and GIAC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged pieces of your IT environment following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Services in Long Beach
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement guidance in Long Beach, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.