Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Denver
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response groups that work effectively, in parallel, 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 environment quickly and affordably.

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

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Testing the hacker's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Overseeing the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and using the threat actor's decryptor tool
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the attack
• Creating replicas of each infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from offline restores or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-encryption condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") information. TAs can then demand a separate ransom in exchange for not posting this information or selling it. Sadly, there is no method to prove that exfiltrated files have been totally deleted by the hacker. In fact, in many instances the hacker has little say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, conducting an inventory of data were compromised, and performing the required notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and on-premises IT services throughout the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP software. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your information system following a ransomware assault and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

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