Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services
Ransomware Negotiation Experts
Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in West Palm Beach
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy response groups that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of IT knowledge and the depth of experts to complement your IT staff and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.
Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:
- Determining the kind of ransomware used in the attack
- Identifying and communicating with the hacker
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Testing the hacker's decryption capabilities
- Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
- Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the hacker
- Checking accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
- Overseeing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
- Receiving, reviewing, and operating the hacker's decryptor tool
- If needed, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor tool
- Quarantining infected endpoints to prevent further progress of the assault
- Creating digital copies of every infected device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
- Adding A/V protection to all clean endpoints
- Restoring data from air-gapped backups or unscathed machines
- Building a pristine environment
- Remapping and connecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack state
Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption tool, current strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand a separate payment for not posting this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to guarantee that exfiltrated data have been completely erased by the hacker. In fact, in numerous instances the TA has little say about who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an investigation into which files were stolen, and sending the mandated alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.
Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and on-premises network services across the U.S. for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned industry-recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP software. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged pieces of your network following a ransomware attack and rebuild them rapidly into an operational system. Progent has worked with top insurance providers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in West Palm Beach
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