Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Birmingham

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Birmingham
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Birmingham business can use Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers weaknesses in policies or processes that should be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other important recovery processes such as business resumption are performed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and calls for close cooperation with the teams responsible for data restoration and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware adversary. forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to secure backups.
• Preserve forensically complete images of all exposed devices so the file restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect every computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the assault and to identify any possible sideways movement from the originally compromised system
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate any URLs from messages and determine if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Birmingham
To learn more about ways Progent can assist your Birmingham organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.