Ransomware Response Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Rancho Cordova
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also requires working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is critical to deploy recovery teams that work effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your IT staff and recover your network quickly and affordably.

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

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and contacting the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Testing the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Determining a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the threat actor
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryptor tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of each infected device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from offline backups or unscathed machines
• Creating a clean environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then require a separate payment in exchange for not posting this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally erased by the hacker. Actually, in many cases the threat actor has limited say over the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and sending the necessary notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services across the U.S. for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged pieces of your information system following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Rancho Cordova
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation services in Rancho Cordova, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.