Ransomware Response Consultants in Augusta-Richmond County

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Augusta-Richmond County
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down activity required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your Augusta-Richmond County organization can utilize Progent's forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers gaps in rules or processes that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes like operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and calls for close cooperation with the teams responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect variations.

Services involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to guard backups.
• Preserve forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so the data recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey every computer and storage device on the network including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and sessions to determine the time frame of the attack and to identify any possible lateral movement from the originally infected system
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Augusta-Richmond County
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Augusta-Richmond County business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.