Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Uniondale
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that requires a mix of field experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also requires close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Because the top priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network staff and restore your network quickly and affordably.

Services offered by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Making contact with the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Determining a settlement range with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
• Making replicas of every compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Installing anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging files from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
• Building a pristine environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly attempt to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then require an extra ransom for not posting this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to be certain that stolen data have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in many cases the TA has little say over data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which files were compromised, and sending the necessary notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the U.S. for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged pieces of your network after a ransomware assault and reconstruct them quickly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

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