Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Birmingham

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Birmingham
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without impeding activity required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Birmingham business can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves tracking and describing the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light shortcomings in rules or processes that should be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is commonly given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is vital that other key activities such as operational continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains a large roster of information technology and security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups assigned to data restoration and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics can require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Create forensically sound images of all suspect devices so the data restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey each machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and sessions to establish the time frame of the assault and to spot any possible sideways movement from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce detailed attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommendations to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

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