Ransomware Response Services in Albany

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Albany
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Albany business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics report to combat future ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to evaluate the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes like operational continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and requires intimate interaction with the teams responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so your file recovery team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine every computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to spot any possible sideways movement from the first infected machine
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up security gaps and enforce processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Albany
To learn more about how Progent can help your Albany organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.