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Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in San Bernardino
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complicated activity that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the insurance provider, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy recovery groups that operate effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of IT skills and the depth of personnel to complement your IT support team and restore your network rapidly and affordably.

Support provided by Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

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

• Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the attack
• Creating replicas of every infected server and endpoint and data store to allow forensics without interfering with cleanup
• Adding anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Salvaging files from offline backups or unscathed machines
• Creating a clean environment
• Mapping and connecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-encryption state

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding money for a decryption utility, current strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. TAs are then able to demand an extra settlement in exchange for not posting this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no way to be certain that stolen files have been totally deleted by the TA. In fact, in many instances the threat actor has limited control over where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the guidance of privacy lawyers, conducting an inventory of files were compromised, and carrying out the necessary notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises IT services throughout the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification 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 such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the undamaged parts of your network following a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance providers including Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in San Bernardino
To get in touch with Progent about crypto-ransomware settlement negotiation guidance in San Bernardino, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.