Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Centennial

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Centennial
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Centennial business can use Progent's forensics report to block future ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other key activities such as business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of information technology and security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires close interaction with the groups responsible for file cleanup and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware adversary. forensics can require the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all potentially affected devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to protect backups.
• Copy forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your file recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the strain of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect each machine and data store on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review log activity and user sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential lateral migration from the first compromised system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Centennial
To learn more about ways Progent can assist your Centennial business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.