Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Alpharetta

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Alpharetta
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes required for business resumption and data restoration. Your Alpharetta business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to combat future ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light gaps in security policies or processes that should be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is commonly given a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and data security experts with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and calls for intimate interaction with the teams assigned to data recovery and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware adversary. forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all potentially affected devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically valid images of all exposed devices so the data restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey each machine and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study logs and user sessions in order to establish the timeline of the attack and to identify any potential lateral migration from the first infected system
• Identify the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

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