Ransomware Response Consultants in Birmingham

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Birmingham
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting the processes related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Birmingham organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network helps you to assess the impact and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later breaches. Forensics is commonly given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of IT and data security experts with the skills needed to perform the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and requires intimate cooperation with the teams focused on file recovery and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your file restoration group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey each computer and storage device on the network including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Study logs and sessions to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any potential sideways migration from the originally compromised system
• Identify the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide extensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Birmingham
To learn more information about how Progent can assist your Birmingham business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.