Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Beverly Hills
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Because the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to establish recovery teams that work effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and recover your network quickly and economically.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the TA's decryption tool
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering laws
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and using the TA's decryption tool
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Creating replicas of each compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring files from offline restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a clean environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-encryption condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting payment for a decryption tool, current strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs are then able to demand an extra settlement in exchange for not divulging this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no method to be certain that stolen files have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in many cases the threat actor has limited control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which files were taken, and carrying out the necessary alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This scope of expertise gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the undamaged parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Guidance in Beverly Hills
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement expertise in Beverly Hills, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.