Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services
Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Expertise
Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Allentown
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that requires a mix of real-word experience, IT skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy response teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.
Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:
- Determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault
- Making contact with the hacker
- Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
- Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
- Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance carrier
- Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the threat actor
- Checking adherence to anti-money laundering laws
- Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
- Acquiring, learning, and using the threat actor's decryptor tool
- If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryption utility
- Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
- Creating replicas of each compromised device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with cleanup
- Adding A/V agents to all clean endpoints
- Salvaging data from air-gapped restores or uncompromised endpoints
- Creating a pristine recovery environment
- Mapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption condition
Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to require an extra ransom for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no method to guarantee that exfiltrated data have been totally deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous instances the TA has little control over data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the guidance of legal counsel, performing an audit on which data were taken, and sending the necessary alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT 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 team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP applications. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged parts of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a viable network. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Allentown
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation guidance in Allentown, call Progent at
Select Topic: