Ransomware Response Consultants in Dayton

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Dayton
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without interfering with the processes required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Dayton organization can utilize Progent's forensics report to counter future ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to evaluate the impact and uncovers shortcomings in rules or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware attacker. forensics can require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the system. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to guard your backups.
• Capture forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your file restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as soon as possible
• Identify the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine every computer and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions to determine the time frame of the assault and to identify any possible lateral migration from the originally infected system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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