Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Buffalo

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Buffalo
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting the processes related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Buffalo organization can use Progent's forensics documentation to counter future ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves tracking and describing the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to assess the damage and uncovers vulnerabilities in rules or processes that should be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other key recovery processes like operational resumption are performed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the skills needed to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups responsible for file restoration and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Copy forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so your file recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine every computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study logs and user sessions in order to determine the timeline of the attack and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first infected machine
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Provide extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Document recommended improvements to shore up security gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Buffalo
To learn more information about how Progent can assist your Buffalo organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.