Ransomware Response Consultants in Bristol

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Bristol
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with the processes required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Bristol organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware assault's progress across the network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network assists you to assess the damage and uncovers gaps in security policies or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly given a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities such as operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and data security professionals with the skills needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is time consuming and requires close interaction with the teams responsible for file restoration and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware hacker. forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities involved with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all potentially affected devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Preserve forensically valid images of all exposed devices so the data recovery team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect each machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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