Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Monterey

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Monterey
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with activity related to operational continuity and data recovery. Your Monterey business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in security policies or processes that need to be rectified to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities such as business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of IT and data security experts with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires close interaction with the groups focused on data recovery and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). Ransomware forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Copy forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so the file restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey every machine and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any possible sideways movement from the originally infected machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide detailed attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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