Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Albany

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Albany
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without slowing down activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Albany business can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and documenting the ransomware attack's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network assists your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light gaps in rules or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensics is usually assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of information technology and security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires close interaction with the groups assigned to data cleanup and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). Ransomware forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Copy forensically valid images of all suspect devices so your file restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect every machine and data store on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study logs and user sessions to determine the timeline of the attack and to identify any potential lateral migration from the first compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce detailed incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Albany
To find out more information about ways Progent can help your Albany business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.