Ransomware Response Consultants in Huntington Beach

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Huntington Beach
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with activity required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Huntington Beach organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps you to evaluate the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in rules or processes that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities such as operational resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of information technology and data security professionals with the skills needed to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires close interaction with the teams focused on file restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor. Ransomware forensics can require the review of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Capture forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the strain of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and user sessions to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any potential lateral migration from the originally compromised system
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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.