Ransomware Solutions Services
Ransomware Negotiation Guidance
Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Thousand Oaks
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with hackers. Negotiating an optimum settlement is a complex exercise that requires a combination of real-word experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also calls for close co-operation with the ransomware victim's IT team and the insurance provider, if any. Because the number one goal of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is vital to establish recovery groups that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of IT knowledge and the deep bench of experts to complement your IT support team and restore your network environment rapidly and economically.
Services provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Establishing the type of ransomware involved in the attack
- Identifying and communicating with the hacker
- Evaluating the recovery risk
- Testing the hacker's decryption tool
- Deciding on an acceptable settlement with the ransomware victim and the insurance provider
- Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
- Checking accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
- Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryption utility
- If necessary, contacting the TA for assistance with the decryptor tool
- Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the spread of the attack
- Creating replicas of each infected device and data store in order to perform forensics without interfering with restoration
- Adding A/V protection to all virus-free endpoints
- Recovering files from offline backups or unscathed machines
- Creating a clean environment
- Remapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-attack condition
Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to extorting money for a decryption tool, current variants of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, and Nephilim often attempt to exfiltrate information. Hackers are then able to require an additional payment for not publishing this information or selling it. Unfortunately, there is no way to be certain that stolen files have been completely deleted by the hacker. Actually, in numerous cases the hacker has little control over where the information ends up. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an inventory of data were compromised, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises IT services across the United States for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in core technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and ERP applications. This breadth of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and consolidate the undamaged pieces of your network following a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance carriers like Chubb to help businesses recover from ransomware assaults.
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