Ransomware Response Services in Oxford

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Oxford
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Oxford organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to counter future ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light gaps in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the insurance carrier and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and requires intimate interaction with the teams responsible for file cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor. forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Services involved with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically sound images of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect every computer and data store on the network including cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised machine
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Oxford
To find out more about ways Progent can help your Oxford organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.