Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Oxford

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Oxford
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Oxford business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists you to assess the damage and highlights shortcomings in policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities like business resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large roster of IT and security professionals with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to file cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor. Ransomware forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically complete digital images of all exposed devices so the data restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each machine and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review log activity and user sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and check to see whether they are malicious
• Produce detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommendations to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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