Ransomware Response Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Lynnwood
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the ransomware victim's IT staff and the insurance provider, if there is one. Because the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to establish response teams that work effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT skills and the deep bench of personnel to supplement your network support team and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware negotiation team include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the hacker's decryption tool
• Budgeting a settlement range with the victim and the insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the hacker
• Checking compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, learning, and using the threat actor's decryptor tool
• If needed, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryption utility

• Quarantining affected endpoints to arrest the spread of the assault
• Making digital copies of every infected device and data store to allow forensics without interfering with restoration
• Installing A/V agents to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Building a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect exactly their pre-attack condition

Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to exfiltrate files. TAs are then able to require a separate settlement for not divulging this data or selling it. Sadly, there is no method to prove that stolen data have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the TA has little control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an inventory of files were compromised, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and onsite IT services across the U.S. for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your IT environment following a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into an operational system. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Expertise in Lynnwood
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation guidance in Lynnwood, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.