Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Bellevue
Ransomware Solutions ExpertsProgent has experience negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Reaching an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a mix of field experience, technical skills and business savvy. It also calls for working closely with the cyber-extortion target's IT team and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the number one priority of the ransomware victim is operational continuity, it is critical to establish recovery teams that operate efficiently, in parallel, and with intimate collaboration. Progent offers the breadth of technical knowledge and the deep bench of personnel to complement your network support team and restore your network environment quickly and economically.

Support available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation experts include:

  • Establishing the type of ransomware used in the attack
  • Making contact with the hacker persona
  • Evaluating the likelihood of recovery
  • Testing the threat actor's decryption tool
  • Deciding on an acceptable settlement range with the victim and the insurance provider
  • Establishing a settlement and schedule with the TA
  • Confirming accordance with anti-money laundering laws
  • Managing the crypto-currency transfer to the TA
  • Acquiring, learning, and operating the hacker's decryptor mechanism
  • If needed, contacting the hacker for technical help with the decryptor utility
In parallel with the ransom negotiations, Progent's ransomware team can assist with:
  • Quarantining affected endpoints to arrest the progress of the attack
  • Making replicas of every breached device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with restoration
  • Installing A/V protection to all clean endpoints
  • Restoring files from offline backups or uncompromised machines
  • Creating a pristine recovery environment
  • Mapping and connecting datastores to match exactly their pre-attack state
After the decryption tool has been mastered, Progent can assist you to restore computers and software services to their original state. Progent can also help you to conduct a forensics investigation and generate a document to share with the cyber insurance provider. This document identifies cybersecurity gaps that must be eliminated and recommends steps that should be taken to block subsequent ransomware attacks.

Paying Exfiltration Ransoms
Beyond extorting payment for a decryption utility, current variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Netwalker, and Egregor often attempt to steal (or "exfiltrate") files. Hackers are then able to demand an additional settlement for not publishing this data or selling it. Unfortunately, there exists no way to guarantee that stolen data have been totally erased by the threat actor. Actually, in many cases the threat actor has little say about the disposition of the data. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the need for getting the guidance of privacy lawyers, performing an audit on which data were compromised, and sending the required alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Background
Progent has delivered online and on-premises network services throughout the United States for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms including Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP, GIAC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has top-tier support in financial management and ERP applications. This breadth of skills gives Progent the ability to salvage and integrate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers like Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.

Contact Progent about Crypto-Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Services in Bellevue
To contact with Progent about ransomware settlement negotiation services in Bellevue, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or go to Contact Progent.


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