Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Garland

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Garland
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with the processes required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Garland organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists you to assess the impact and uncovers shortcomings in policies or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent later breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities such as operational resumption are performed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires intimate cooperation with the groups focused on file recovery and, if needed, settlement talks with the ransomware hacker. forensics can involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Capture forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so the data recovery team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as possible
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey each machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and sessions to establish the time frame of the attack and to spot any possible sideways movement from the originally compromised system
• Understand the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Produce detailed incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Garland
To learn more information about how Progent can help your Garland organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.