Ransomware Response Consultants in Huntington Beach

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Huntington Beach
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Huntington Beach organization can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps you to assess the damage and brings to light gaps in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities like business resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and requires intimate interaction with the groups responsible for file recovery and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to look for changes.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect every computer and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible lateral migration from the originally infected machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and determine if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

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