Ransomware Response Services in Baltimore

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Baltimore
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding activity required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your Baltimore organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to block subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves tracking and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers vulnerabilities in security policies or processes that need to be rectified to prevent later breaches. Forensics is typically assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complex and calls for intimate interaction with the teams responsible for data cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to guard backups.
• Capture forensically sound images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Inspect every machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and user sessions in order to establish the timeline of the assault and to identify any potential sideways movement from the originally infected machine
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Baltimore
To learn more about how Progent can help your Baltimore organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.