Ransomware Response Services in Fort Wayne

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Fort Wayne
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting the processes required for business continuity and data recovery. Your Fort Wayne organization can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to block future ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers shortcomings in rules or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is commonly given a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other important activities such as operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to file cleanup and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all potentially affected devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to secure your backups.
• Capture forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so the data restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey each machine and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the attack and to identify any possible lateral migration from the originally infected machine
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware assault
• 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 email messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommended improvements to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Fort Wayne
To find out more information about how Progent can help your Fort Wayne business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.