Ransomware Response Services in Akron

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Akron
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Akron organization can use Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to combat future ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves determining and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and highlights weaknesses in rules or processes that need to be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensics is typically assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is vital that other important activities such as business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires intimate interaction with the groups assigned to file recovery and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics can involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the system. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Create forensically complete images of all exposed devices so your data restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect each machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential sideways movement from the first infected system
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide extensive incident documentation to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Akron
To find out more information about how Progent can assist your Akron business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.