Ransomware Solutions Services
Ransomware Negotiation Consulting
Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Cheyenne
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of field experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also requires close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to supplement your network staff and restore your network rapidly and economically.
Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:
- Determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault
- Identifying and communicating with the hacker
- Assessing the likelihood of recovery
- Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
- Agreeing on a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
- Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the threat actor
- Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
- Receiving, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryption utility
- If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption tool
- Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the attack
- Making replicas of each breached device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
- Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
- Restoring files from offline backups or uncompromised endpoints
- Building a pristine recovery environment
- Mapping and connecting datastores to match precisely their pre-attack state
Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to demand an extra ransom in exchange for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no way to prove that exfiltrated data have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in numerous cases the TA has little control over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of seeking the guidance of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which files were taken, and performing the necessary notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and onsite IT services across the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.
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