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Ransomware Settlement Support
Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Carlsbad
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Because the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery teams that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of IT skills and the deep bench of experts to supplement your network support team and recover your network quickly and affordably.
Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
- Making contact with the hacker
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Verifying the threat actor's decryption tool
- Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
- Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
- Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the TA
- Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption utility
- If needed, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryptor tool
- Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
- Making digital copies of every compromised server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
- Adding A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
- Recovering data from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
- Building a pristine environment
- Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-encryption condition
Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor often attempt to exfiltrate information. Hackers are then able to demand an extra ransom for not publishing this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no method to be certain that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the hacker. In fact, in many cases the threat actor has limited say about data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, conducting an audit on which data were stolen, and sending the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and onsite IT services across the U.S. for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP applications. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your network after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses recover from ransomware assaults.
Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Services in Carlsbad
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