Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Baton Rouge

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Baton Rouge
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with the processes required for business resumption and data restoration. Your Baton Rouge organization can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key recovery processes like business resumption are performed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to data recovery and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor. forensics typically involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Isolate without shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to secure your backups.
• Create forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey each computer and storage device on the network including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Study logs and sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral movement from the originally infected machine
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malware
• Provide extensive attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Baton Rouge
To learn more about how Progent can assist your Baton Rouge organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.