Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Consulting in Albuquerque
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Since the top goal of the ransomware victim is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy response teams that work efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the deep bench of personnel to complement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and economically.

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

• Determining the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the TA's decryption capabilities
• Determining a settlement with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Checking adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and using the TA's decryption utility
• If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating digital copies of each infected device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Adding anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
• Restoring data from air-gapped backups or uncompromised machines
• Creating a clean environment
• Mapping and connecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting money for a decryption utility, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers are then able to demand an additional settlement for not posting this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no method to guarantee that stolen files have been completely deleted by the TA. In fact, in numerous cases the hacker has limited say over data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for seeking the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which data were taken, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. In general, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services throughout the U.S. for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This scope of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your network following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Expertise in Albuquerque
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation expertise in Albuquerque, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.