Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Chattanooga

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Chattanooga
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down the processes related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Chattanooga business can utilize Progent's forensics documentation to combat future ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light vulnerabilities in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other key recovery processes such as business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of IT and security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and calls for intimate interaction with the teams assigned to file restoration and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically complete images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect every machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the attack and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first infected system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide extensive attack reporting to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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