Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services
Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Experts
Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Toronto
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated activity that requires a mix of field experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also requires close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and affordably.
Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement team include:
- Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the assault
- Making contact with the hacker persona
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
- Budgeting a settlement amount with the victim and the insurance provider
- Establishing a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
- Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
- Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
- Receiving, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryption tool
- If necessary, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryption tool
- Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the assault
- Making replicas of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
- Installing A/V agents to all virus-free endpoints
- Salvaging files from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
- Creating a pristine environment
- Remapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption condition
Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, current strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. Hackers are then able to demand an extra settlement for not publishing this information or selling it. Sadly, there is no way to prove that stolen files have been completely deleted by the TA. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has little say over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of getting the guidance of legal counsel, performing an audit on which data were stolen, and performing the mandated alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided online and onsite network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your network following a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.
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