Ransomware Response Services
Ransomware Negotiation Experts
Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Manaus
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Because the number one goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response teams that operate effectively, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of IT skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your network support team and restore your network environment quickly and economically.
Support available from Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
- Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Validating the TA's decryption tool
- Budgeting a settlement with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
- Establishing a settlement and schedule with the hacker
- Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
- Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryptor mechanism
- If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption utility
- Quarantining affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
- Creating replicas of every infected device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
- Installing anti-virus protection to all virus-free endpoints
- Restoring data from air-gapped backups or uncompromised machines
- Building a pristine recovery environment
- Mapping and reconnecting datastores to match exactly their pre-encryption condition
Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers can then require a separate ransom in exchange for not posting this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to be certain that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the hacker. Actually, in numerous cases the hacker has little say about the disposition of the data. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the need for getting the advice of legal counsel, conducting an investigation into which files were taken, and sending the necessary alerts to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite network services throughout the U.S. for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a viable system. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance providers including Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Services in Manaus
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