Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Baltimore
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Baltimore organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.
Ransomware forensics involves determining and documenting the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network assists you to assess the impact and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities like operational continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.
Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and requires intimate interaction with the teams responsible for file cleanup and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware threat actor. forensics can require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.
Services associated with forensics analysis include:
- Disconnect without shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to protect backups.
- Capture forensically sound duplicates of all exposed devices so the data recovery group can get started
- Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
- Identify the strain of ransomware involved in the attack
- Inspect each machine and data store on the network including cloud storage for signs of encryption
- Inventory all compromised devices
- Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
- Review logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any possible sideways migration from the first compromised machine
- Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
- Search for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or system compromise
- Parse Outlook web archives
- Analyze email attachments
- Separate any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malware
- Provide detailed incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
- Document recommended improvements to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided remote and on-premises IT services throughout the U.S. for more than two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's roster of subject matter experts includes professionals who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP, and GIAC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and ERP software. This broad array of expertise allows Progent to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your IT environment after a ransomware intrusion and reconstruct them rapidly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance providers like Chubb to assist organizations recover from ransomware assaults.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Baltimore
To learn more about how Progent can help your Baltimore organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.