Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in San Diego UCSD
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a mix of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the victim's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the number one goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to establish recovery groups that work effectively, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your IT staff and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
• Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the attack
• Creating digital copies of every breached device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand a separate payment in exchange for not publishing this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to guarantee that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous cases the threat actor has limited control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an inventory of files were taken, and performing the necessary alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and onsite network services throughout the United States for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in San Diego UCSD
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in San Diego UCSD, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.