Ransomware Response Consultants

Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Dayton
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex activity that requires a combination of real-word experience, IT skills and business acumen. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery groups that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network staff and recover your network quickly and affordably.

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

• Determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Determining a settlement range with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and schedule with the threat actor
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering sanctions
• Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If needed, contacting the hacker for technical assistance with the decryptor tool

• Quarantining infected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
• Making replicas of every infected server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with recovery
• Installing anti-virus protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine environment
• Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding payment for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly try to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to require an extra payment for not posting this data on the dark web. Sadly, there is no way to prove that exfiltrated files have been totally erased by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the threat actor has little control over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not free you from the necessity of engaging the advice of legal counsel, conducting an inventory of data were taken, and sending the mandated notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises IT services throughout the United States for over 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in core technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (Refer to Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and ERP software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers including Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance in Dayton
To contact with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement expertise in Dayton, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.