Ransomware Solutions Consultants
Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services
Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Barra da Tijuca
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that requires a mix of field experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the top goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery groups that work efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network quickly and affordably.
Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the attack
- Making contact with the hacker persona
- Assessing the likelihood of recovery
- Verifying the threat actor's decryption capabilities
- Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the victim and the insurance carrier
- Establishing a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
- Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
- Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
- Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor utility
- If needed, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryption utility
- Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
- Making digital copies of each breached device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
- Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
- Restoring files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised machines
- Building a pristine recovery environment
- Remapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-encryption condition
Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs are then able to demand an additional settlement for not posting this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no way to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the hacker. In fact, in many cases the threat actor has limited control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for engaging the guidance of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which data were taken, and sending the mandated notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises IT services across the United States for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and ERP application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged parts of your network after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top insurance carriers like Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in Barra da Tijuca
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