Ransomware Solutions Consultants

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Settlement Negotiation Consulting in Philadelphia
Progent is experienced in negotiating ransomware settlements with attackers. Negotiating an acceptable settlement is a complicated exercise that requires a mix of field experience, technical knowledge and business acumen. It also requires close co-operation with the cyber-extortion target's IT staff and the cyber insurance carrier, if any. Since the top priority of the ransomware target is fast recovery, it is critical to establish response teams that operate efficiently, concurrently, and with intimate collaboration. Progent has the breadth of technical skills and the depth of personnel to supplement your IT support team and recover your network environment rapidly and affordably.

Services available from Progent's ransomware settlement negotiation team include:

• Establishing the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Making contact with the hacker persona
• Evaluating the recovery risk
• Verifying the threat actor's decryption tool
• Deciding on an acceptable settlement payment with the ransomware victim and the insurance carrier
• Negotiating a settlement amount and timeline with the TA
• Checking accordance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws
• Overseeing the crypto-currency disbursement to the TA
• Acquiring, reviewing, and using the threat actor's decryptor utility
• If necessary, contacting the TA for technical help with the decryption tool

• Isolating infected endpoints and data stores to prevent further progress of the attack
• Creating digital copies of each compromised device and data store in order to perform forensics in parallel with recovery
• Installing anti-virus protection to all clean endpoints
• Restoring data from offline restores or uncompromised endpoints
• Creating a clean recovery environment
• Remapping and connecting drives to match exactly their pre-attack state

Settling Exfiltration Ransoms
In addition to demanding payment for a decryption tool, current variants of ransomware such as Ryuk, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, and Egregor often attempt to exfiltrate information. TAs are then able to require an extra settlement for not divulging this information on the dark web. Sadly, there exists no method to prove that exfiltrated files have been totally deleted by the TA. Actually, in many cases the hacker has limited say about data custody. Paying an exfiltration ransom does not eliminate the necessity of getting the guidance of privacy attorneys, conducting an audit on which files were compromised, and performing the mandated alerts to affected entities. Generally, paying an exfiltration ransom is a waste.

Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and on-premises network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in core technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CRISC, and CMMC 2.0. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial management and ERP software. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into a functioning system. Progent has worked with leading cyber insurance providers including Chubb to help organizations recover from ransomware assaults.

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