Ransomware Solutions Services
Ransomware Settlement Expertise
Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Reston
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a combination of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also calls for close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to establish recovery teams that work effectively, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.
Support provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Determining the type of ransomware used in the attack
- Making contact with the hacker persona
- Assessing the recovery risk
- Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
- Budgeting a settlement with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
- Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the TA
- Verifying adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations
- Carrying out the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
- Receiving, learning, and using the hacker's decryptor utility
- If needed, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryption utility
- Isolating infected endpoints to prevent further progress of the attack
- Making replicas of every infected device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
- Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
- Restoring files from offline backups or unscathed endpoints
- Building a clean environment
- Mapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack state
Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, DopplePaymer, and Egregor often try to exfiltrate files. TAs can then require a separate settlement for not posting this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no way to be certain that stolen data have been totally deleted by the hacker. Actually, in numerous cases the TA has limited control over data custody. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which data were compromised, and performing the necessary alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite IT services across the U.S. for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco networking, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP software. This scope of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the undamaged pieces of your network following a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.
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