Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Long Beach
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the ransomware victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Since the top goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of experts to supplement your IT support team and restore your network quickly and affordably.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the hacker's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the assault
• Making replicas of each breached device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, current variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to require a separate settlement for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no way to prove that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the hacker. In fact, in many instances the threat actor has limited control about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which data were stolen, and sending the necessary alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services throughout the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial management and ERP software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the surviving pieces of your information system following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers including Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

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