Ransomware Response Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Winston-Salem
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the number one goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery groups that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of experts to supplement your IT support team and restore your network quickly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Budgeting a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance provider
• Negotiating a settlement and timeline with the TA
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering regulations
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical help with the decryptor utility

• Isolating affected endpoints and data stores to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making replicas of every compromised server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics in parallel with recovery
• Adding A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
• Salvaging data from air-gapped backups or uncompromised machines
• Building a clean environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack condition

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, current variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then require a separate payment in exchange for not divulging this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to prove that exfiltrated files have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in many instances the threat actor has limited control about data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of engaging the advice of privacy lawyers, conducting an inventory of data were taken, and sending the required notifications to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and onsite network services across the United States for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco networking, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the undamaged pieces of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a functioning network. Progent has collaborated with leading cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Winston-Salem
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Winston-Salem, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.