Ransomware Solutions Consulting Experts
Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services
Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in El Paso
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complicated exercise that calls for a combination of field experience, technical skills and business acumen. It also demands close co-operation with the victim's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is critical to deploy response teams that work efficiently, concurrently, and in close communication. Progent offers the breadth of IT knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.
Services provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Establishing the type of ransomware used in the attack
- Making contact with the hacker
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
- Agreeing on a settlement amount with the victim and the cyber insurance provider
- Establishing a settlement amount and schedule with the TA
- Checking adherence to anti-money laundering regulations
- Carrying out the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
- Acquiring, reviewing, and operating the TA's decryptor mechanism
- If necessary, contacting the hacker for assistance with the decryptor tool
- Isolating affected endpoints to prevent further spread of the assault
- Making replicas of every compromised server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with cleanup
- Adding A/V agents to all clean endpoints
- Restoring files from offline restores or uncompromised machines
- Building a clean environment
- Remapping and reconnecting datastores to match exactly their pre-encryption condition
Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, current variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to exfiltrate information. TAs can then require a separate payment in exchange for not publishing this information on the dark web. Unfortunately, there is no way to prove that stolen data have been completely erased by the TA. Actually, in numerous instances the hacker has little say over data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of seeking the guidance of legal counsel, conducting an audit on which files were stolen, and carrying out the mandated notifications to impacted entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and onsite network services throughout the United States for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware, and major Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This broad array of skills allows Progent to identify and integrate the undamaged pieces of your network after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Services in El Paso
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