Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in San Juan
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network quickly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and using the TA's decryption mechanism
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the assault
• Making replicas of each breached server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from air-gapped backups or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers can then require an additional ransom in exchange for not posting this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no way to be certain that exfiltrated data have been completely deleted by the threat actor. Actually, in many instances the hacker has limited control over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an audit on which files were compromised, and sending the mandated notifications to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite IT services throughout the United States for more than 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 foundation technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your network after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has worked with top insurance providers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Expertise in San Juan
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in San Juan, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.