Ransomware Response Consultants in Centennial

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Centennial
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down activity required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Centennial organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network assists your IT staff to assess the damage and brings to light weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often required by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other key activities like operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, business resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complex and requires close interaction with the groups assigned to data restoration and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). Ransomware forensics can require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for changes.

Services involved with forensics include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Capture forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so the file restoration group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine each computer and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential sideways movement from the originally compromised system
• Identify the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Centennial
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Centennial business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.