Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Cleveland
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also calls for working closely with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network staff and restore your network rapidly and economically.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryption utility

• Isolating infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating replicas of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, current variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to require an extra ransom in exchange for not divulging this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in many instances the TA has limited control about data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which files were compromised, and carrying out the required alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services across the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This broad array of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware attacks.

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