Ransomware Response Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Guadalajara
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also calls for close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy recovery groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the TA
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the TA's decryption utility
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Making digital copies of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
• Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from air-gapped backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to demand an additional ransom for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no way to guarantee that exfiltrated files have been completely deleted by the hacker. In fact, in numerous instances the threat actor has limited say over data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an inventory of data were taken, and performing the mandated alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services across the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with leading insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Guadalajara
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement services in Guadalajara, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.