Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Bakersfield

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Bakersfield
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting the processes related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Bakersfield organization can utilize Progent's forensics report to counter future ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and highlights vulnerabilities in security policies or work habits that need to be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other key recovery processes like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is time consuming and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups focused on data recovery and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to protect your backups.
• Preserve forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so your file restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as soon as possible
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect every computer and storage device on the network including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Study logs and user sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral movement from the first infected system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce detailed attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to shore up security vulnerabilities and enforce processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Bakersfield
To find out more information about how Progent can help your Bakersfield organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.