Ransomware Response Consultants in Calgary

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Calgary
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without disrupting activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Calgary organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers weaknesses in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is vital that other key recovery processes such as business resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and calls for intimate interaction with the teams focused on file cleanup and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware attacker. forensics typically involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate without shutting off all potentially affected devices from the system. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to protect your backups.
• Capture forensically complete digital images of all exposed devices so the data recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as soon as possible
• Determine the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each machine and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential sideways movement from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce detailed attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to close security gaps and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Calgary
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Calgary business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.