Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Stamford
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without impeding activity required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Stamford business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to block future ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.
Ransomware forensics is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is critical that other key recovery processes like operational continuity are performed concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and security experts with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.
Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the groups focused on file restoration and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for variations.
Activities involved with forensics include:
- Detach without shutting off all potentially affected devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard backups.
- Create forensically valid images of all exposed devices so the file recovery team can proceed
- Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
- Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
- Inspect each machine and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
- Inventory all compromised devices
- Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
- Review log activity and user sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential sideways movement from the first infected system
- Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
- Search for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
- Parse Outlook web archives
- Examine email attachments
- Extract URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malicious
- Provide detailed incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
- Suggest recommendations to close security gaps and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit
Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and onsite IT services throughout the U.S. for more than 20 years and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of subject matter experts includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular distributions of Linux. Progent's data security experts have earned internationally recognized certifications including CISM, CISSP, and CRISC. (See certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also offers top-tier support in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to salvage and consolidate the surviving parts of your network after a ransomware attack and rebuild them quickly into a functioning system. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance providers including Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Stamford
To find out more information about ways Progent can help your Stamford business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.