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Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Honolulu
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy response groups that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT staff and restore your network environment quickly and affordably.

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

• Establishing the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the hacker's decryption tool
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Establishing a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the TA's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption utility

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the assault
• Creating digital copies of every infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Adding A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from air-gapped restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to require an additional ransom for not posting this information on the dark web. Sadly, there is no method to guarantee that stolen data have been totally deleted by the hacker. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited say over who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an inventory of files were taken, and sending the required notifications to impacted entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services across the United States for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies including Cisco networking, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This breadth of skills allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving pieces of your network following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Honolulu
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation guidance in Honolulu, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.