Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Alpharetta

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Alpharetta
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding the processes related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Alpharetta organization can use Progent's forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled within the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities like business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of information technology and data security experts with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and calls for close interaction with the teams assigned to file restoration and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Services involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically sound digital images of all suspect devices so your data restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as possible
• Establish the strain of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey each computer and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any possible lateral movement from the originally infected machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce extensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close security gaps and enforce processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Alpharetta
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Alpharetta organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.