Ransomware Solutions Services

Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Reading
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also demands close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if any. Since the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery groups that work effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of technical knowledge and the depth of personnel to complement your network support team and recover your network quickly and affordably.

Support offered by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:

• Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Validating the threat actor's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and schedule with the hacker
• Verifying compliance with anti-money laundering laws
• Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
• Acquiring, learning, and operating the threat actor's decryption tool
• If needed, contacting the TA for technical assistance with the decryptor utility

• Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
• Making digital copies of each compromised device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing anti-virus protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and reconnecting drives to match precisely their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond demanding money for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor commonly try to exfiltrate files. Hackers can then demand an additional ransom for not divulging this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no method to be certain that stolen files have been totally erased by the threat actor. In fact, in many instances the TA has limited control about who can access the stolen files. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into which data were stolen, and carrying out the required notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services across the United States 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 (SMEs) includes consultants who have been awarded high-level certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP application software. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving pieces of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them rapidly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware assaults.

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