Ransomware Response Consultants in Alpharetta

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Alpharetta
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without interfering with activity related to operational resumption and data recovery. Your Alpharetta organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in rules or processes that need to be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is typically given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires intimate interaction with the teams responsible for file restoration and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting off all possibly affected devices from the system. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically valid images of all suspect devices so the data recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any possible lateral migration from the first compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in email messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Provide detailed attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Alpharetta
To find out more about how Progent can assist your Alpharetta organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.