Ransomware Response Consultants in Akron

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Akron
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down activity related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Akron organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps you to evaluate the damage and uncovers gaps in rules or work habits that should be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance carrier and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is critical that other key activities such as operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires close interaction with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to protect your backups.
• Preserve forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so your data recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the version of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect every machine and data store on the system as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral movement from the originally infected system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Document recommended improvements to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Akron
To learn more about how Progent can help your Akron organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.