Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in San Mateo

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in San Mateo
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics analysis without interfering with activity related to business resumption and data recovery. Your San Mateo business can use Progent's forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled within the network assists you to assess the impact and uncovers gaps in security policies or work habits that need to be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is typically assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other key recovery processes like business continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups focused on file recovery and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all potentially affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and user sessions to determine the timeline of the assault and to spot any possible sideways migration from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce extensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in San Mateo
To learn more about ways Progent can assist your San Mateo business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.