Ransomware Solutions Consultants
Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Guidance
Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Raleigh
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also calls for working closely with the ransomware victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Because the number one goal of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that work effectively, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of IT skills and the depth of experts to supplement your IT staff and recover your network quickly and affordably.
Support provided by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:
- Establishing the kind of ransomware used in the assault
- Identifying and communicating with the hacker
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
- Determining a settlement range with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
- Establishing a settlement and schedule with the TA
- Checking adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the TA
- Acquiring, learning, and using the hacker's decryptor tool
- If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption tool
- Quarantining affected endpoints to arrest the progress of the assault
- Making replicas of each compromised server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with restoration
- Adding anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
- Recovering data from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
- Creating a pristine environment
- Mapping and reconnecting drives to match exactly their pre-encryption state
Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting payment for a decryption tool, modern variants of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand an additional payment for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to be certain that stolen data have been completely erased by the hacker. Actually, in many cases the TA has little control about who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for seeking the advice of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which data were stolen, and sending the necessary alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services throughout the United States for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and ERP software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your information system following a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Raleigh
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