Ransomware Response Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors (TAs). Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of experts to complement your network staff and recover your network rapidly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryption mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryption utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the assault
• Making digital copies of every infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Adding anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised machines
• Building a pristine environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match exactly their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, current strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers are then able to require an extra ransom in exchange for not divulging this data on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no way to be certain that stolen files have been completely deleted by the hacker. Actually, in many instances the TA has little say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the advice of legal counsel, performing an audit on which data were stolen, and carrying out the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the U.S. for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and ERP software. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving parts of your network after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement services, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.