Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Allentown

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Allentown
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Allentown business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and describing the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities like business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of information technology and security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complicated and requires close interaction with the teams focused on file restoration and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting down all potentially affected devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all suspect devices so your file restoration team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Study logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible lateral movement from the first compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and determine if they are malicious
• Provide extensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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