Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Stamford
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish response groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your network support team and recover your network environment quickly and affordably.

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

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the hacker's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor mechanism
• If needed, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating digital copies of every compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Adding anti-virus protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from offline restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect exactly their pre-attack state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate information. Hackers are then able to require an additional ransom for not publishing this data on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to prove that exfiltrated files have been totally erased by the threat actor. In fact, in numerous cases the threat actor has limited control over who can access the stolen files. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the guidance of legal counsel, performing an audit on which data were compromised, and performing the necessary notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and on-premises IT services throughout the U.S. for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged parts of your network following a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has worked with top insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in Stamford
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement expertise in Stamford, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.