Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Plano
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that requires a mix of field experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also calls for working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that work effectively, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT staff and recover your network environment quickly and economically.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering sanctions
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryptor tool
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the assault
• Creating replicas of every infected device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then require an extra payment in exchange for not publishing this information or selling it. Sadly, there is no way to be certain that stolen data have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in many cases the hacker has little control over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for engaging the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which data were compromised, and performing the mandated alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and on-premises IT services throughout the U.S. for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your information system following a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into an operational network. Progent has worked with top insurance providers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Plano
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Plano, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.