Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Baton Rouge
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that requires a combination of real-word experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy recovery groups that operate effectively, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the scope of IT knowledge and the deep bench of experts to complement your network staff and recover your network rapidly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the TA's decryption tool
• Budgeting a settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and using the hacker's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
• Making replicas of each infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with restoration
• Adding A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate information. TAs are then able to demand a separate payment for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to prove that stolen data have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous instances the TA has little control over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for seeking the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which data were compromised, and sending the required notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite network services across the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial management and ERP software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Services in Baton Rouge
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement guidance in Baton Rouge, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.