Ransomware Response Consultants in Fort Wayne

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Fort Wayne
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Fort Wayne business can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and brings to light shortcomings in rules or processes that should be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like operational continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and security professionals with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and requires close interaction with the teams focused on data restoration and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting off all potentially affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically complete images of all exposed devices so the data restoration group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the strain of ransomware used in the attack
• Inspect each machine and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the attack and to spot any possible sideways movement from the originally infected system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Fort Wayne
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Fort Wayne organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.