Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Valencia
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance carrier, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your network support team and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the assault
• making contact with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement with the victim and the insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the TA's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the assault
• Creating replicas of every infected device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Recovering data from offline backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption tool, modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. TAs can then demand an additional payment in exchange for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no way to guarantee that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the threat actor. 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 getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which files were taken, and performing the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite IT services across the United States for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your IT environment following a ransomware attack and rebuild them rapidly into an operational network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Expertise in Valencia
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in Valencia, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.