Ransomware Response Consultants in Bristol

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Bristol
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Bristol organization can use Progent's forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists you to assess the damage and brings to light shortcomings in rules or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as business continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the groups responsible for data cleanup and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so your data restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine each computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Study logs and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the attack and to spot any possible lateral movement from the first compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to shore up security gaps and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Bristol
To find out more about how Progent can help your Bristol organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.