Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Allen
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Since the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of experts to complement your IT support team and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.

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

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the TA's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the threat actor
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and using the hacker's decryption tool
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryption utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Making replicas of every breached server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs are then able to demand an additional settlement for not divulging this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no way to guarantee that stolen files have been totally deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in many cases the threat actor has limited control about who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an audit on which files were taken, and carrying out the mandated notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite network services across the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP software. This broad array of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your information system following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

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