Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Santos
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of field experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also calls for working closely with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to establish recovery teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the depth of experts to supplement your IT staff and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Making contact with the hacker
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Checking accordance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance 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 in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Recovering data from offline backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack state

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs can then require an extra ransom for not divulging this data or selling it. Sadly, there is no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally deleted by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the TA has little control over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an audit on which data were compromised, and performing the necessary alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP application software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and integrate the surviving parts of your IT environment following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers including Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Santos
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in Santos, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.