Ransomware Response Services in Arlington

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Arlington
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with the processes related to business continuity and data recovery. Your Arlington organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light shortcomings in rules or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key recovery processes like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and requires intimate interaction with the groups assigned to data cleanup and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. forensics can require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to guard backups.
• Capture forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so your data restoration team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect every machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential sideways movement from the originally infected system
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and determine if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• List recommended improvements to shore up security vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Arlington
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Arlington business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.