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Ransomware Negotiation Consulting
Overview of Progent's Ransomware Negotiation Services in Tukwila
Progent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with adversaries. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complex exercise that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT knowledge and business savvy. It also demands working closely with the victim's IT staff and the insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the number one priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is vital to deploy recovery teams that operate effectively, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical knowledge and the depth of experts to complement your network support team and restore your network environment rapidly and economically.
Services provided by Progent's ransomware negotiation experts include:
- Determining the type of ransomware involved in the assault
- Identifying and contacting the hacker
- Assessing the likelihood of recovery
- Testing the hacker's decryption capabilities
- Deciding on an acceptable settlement amount with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
- Negotiating a settlement and schedule with the hacker
- Verifying accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
- Managing the crypto-currency disbursement to the hacker
- Acquiring, reviewing, and using the hacker's decryptor tool
- If necessary, contacting the threat actor for assistance with the decryptor utility
- Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to arrest the progress of the attack
- Making digital copies of each infected device and data store to allow forensics in parallel with cleanup
- Adding anti-virus agents to all virus-free endpoints
- Recovering files from air-gapped restores or uncompromised machines
- Creating a clean environment
- Mapping and reconnecting drives to reflect precisely their pre-encryption state
Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, current strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Nephilim commonly attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. TAs can then require an additional settlement for not publishing this data or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to guarantee that stolen data have been completely erased by the threat actor. Actually, in numerous cases the hacker has limited say about where the information ends up. Settling an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for engaging the advice of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which files were taken, and performing the necessary notifications to impacted entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.
Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and on-premises IT services across the United States for over 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP applications. This scope of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the undamaged parts of your network following a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into an operational system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers like Chubb to help businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Tukwila
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