Ransomware Response Services in Birmingham

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Birmingham
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with activity related to operational resumption and data recovery. Your Birmingham business can use Progent's forensics documentation to block future ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and highlights weaknesses in policies or work habits that should be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key recovery processes like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and data security professionals with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and requires close cooperation with the teams focused on file restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically valid duplicates of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as possible
• Identify the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide detailed attack reporting to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Birmingham
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Birmingham business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.