Ransomware Solutions Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Long Beach
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that calls for a mix of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to establish recovery teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your IT support team and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• making contact with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and using the TA's decryptor utility
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryption tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Making digital copies of every breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers can then require an additional settlement in exchange for not divulging this information or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to guarantee that stolen data have been completely erased by the threat actor. In fact, in many instances the TA has limited say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an investigation into which files were stolen, and performing the required alerts to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services across the United States for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP application software. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your information system following a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Expertise in Long Beach
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Long Beach, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.