Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Madison
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also calls for working closely with the ransomware victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical knowledge and the deep bench of experts to supplement your network staff and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware settlement experts include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Testing the hacker's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the TA
• Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering laws
• Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If necessary, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Creating replicas of every breached server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-attack state

Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs are then able to demand an additional ransom for not publishing this information or selling it. Sadly, there exists no way to prove that exfiltrated data have been completely deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited control over the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the guidance of legal counsel, performing an investigation into which files were stolen, and sending the necessary alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and onsite network services across the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technologies including Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your network following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Madison
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement services in Madison, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.