Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Centennial
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response groups that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the scope of IT knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network quickly and economically.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Testing the hacker's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the hacker's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption utility

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the assault
• Making digital copies of each breached device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a pristine environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers can then demand a separate payment in exchange for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to be certain that exfiltrated data have been totally deleted by the hacker. Actually, in numerous instances the threat actor has little control about where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an inventory of data were taken, and performing the necessary alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services throughout the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and ERP application software. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your network following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

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