Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Brisbane

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Brisbane
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without impeding the processes related to operational resumption and data recovery. Your Brisbane business can use Progent's forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network helps you to assess the damage and brings to light gaps in policies or work habits that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as operational resumption are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for close cooperation with the teams focused on file cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware adversary. forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all possibly affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard your backups.
• Create forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey every computer and data store on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first compromised machine
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Provide extensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Brisbane
To learn more about how Progent can help your Brisbane business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.