Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Montreal
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to establish response groups that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of experts to supplement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Determining the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the hacker's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the hacker
• Confirming adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and operating the hacker's decryption mechanism
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
• Making digital copies of every compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Adding A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, modern strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand a separate ransom for not posting this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to be certain that stolen files have been totally deleted by the threat actor. In fact, in many instances the threat actor has little say over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an inventory of files were taken, and carrying out the mandated alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and onsite network services across the U.S. for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in core technologies including Cisco networking, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial and ERP applications. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the undamaged pieces of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with leading insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

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