Ransomware Solutions Services

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Houston
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to establish response teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network rapidly and affordably.

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

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the TA's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption utility
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the attack
• Creating digital copies of each compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Adding anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline restores or unscathed machines
• Creating a pristine environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, current strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate files. TAs are then able to demand an extra payment in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no method to guarantee that stolen files have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in many instances the hacker has limited say about who can access the stolen files. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which data were stolen, and performing the required alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP application software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged parts of your information system after a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

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