Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Uniondale
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with threat actors. Reaching an optimum settlement is a complex activity that calls for a mix of real-word experience, IT skills and business savvy. It also requires working closely with the victim's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if there is one. Since the top goal of the ransomware target is operational continuity, it is vital to deploy recovery groups that work effectively, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the scope of IT knowledge and the deep bench of experts to supplement your network staff and restore your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Services provided by Progent's ransomware settlement team include:

• Determining the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Identifying and contacting the hacker persona
• Assessing the recovery risk
• Validating the threat actor's decryption capabilities
• Agreeing on a settlement range with the victim and the insurance carrier
• Establishing a settlement and schedule with the hacker
• Confirming compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) sanctions
• Carrying out the crypto-currency payment to the hacker
• Receiving, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryptor tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the assault
• Creating replicas of every compromised server and endpoint and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with cleanup
• Installing anti-virus agents to all clean endpoints
• Recovering files from air-gapped backups or unscathed endpoints
• Creating a pristine recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting datastores to reflect precisely their pre-attack condition

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption utility, modern variants of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor commonly attempt to exfiltrate information. Hackers are then able to require a separate payment in exchange for not publishing this information or selling it. Sadly, there exists no method to be certain that stolen data have been totally deleted by the TA. Actually, in numerous cases the threat actor has limited say about who can access the stolen files. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for engaging the advice of privacy lawyers, conducting an audit on which files were stolen, and carrying out the mandated alerts to affected entities. In almost all cases, paying an exfiltration ransom is not recommended.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered online and onsite network services across the United States for more than 20 years and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of SMEs includes professionals who have earned high-level certifications in core technologies including Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's cybersecurity experts have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP software. This breadth of skills allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system after a ransomware attack and reconstruct them rapidly into an operational network. Progent has worked with top cyber insurance carriers like Chubb to assist businesses clean up after ransomware assaults.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Uniondale
To get in touch with Progent about ransomware settlement expertise in Uniondale, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.