Ransomware Solutions Consulting Services

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Sarasota
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a combination of field experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance provider, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy recovery groups that operate efficiently, in parallel, and in close communication. Progent has the scope of technical skills and the depth of personnel to complement your network staff and restore your network environment quickly and economically.

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

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Identifying and communicating with the hacker
• Assessing the likelihood of recovery
• Verifying the TA's decryption capabilities
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement with the ransomware victim and the cyber insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering laws
• Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
• Receiving, learning, and operating the hacker's decryptor tool
• If needed, contacting the threat actor for technical assistance with the decryption tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Making digital copies of each infected device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Restoring files from offline restores or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a clean environment
• Mapping and reconnecting datastores to match precisely their pre-attack state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption tool, modern strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate files. TAs can then demand an extra payment for not publishing this data on the dark web. Unfortunately, there exists no method to guarantee that stolen data have been completely erased by the threat actor. Actually, in many instances the hacker has little control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for engaging the advice of privacy attorneys, performing an audit on which data were compromised, and carrying out the required alerts to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has provided remote and onsite IT services throughout the U.S. for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning application software. This broad array of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving pieces of your IT environment after a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with leading insurance providers including Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware attacks.

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