Ransomware Response Consultants in San Mateo

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in San Mateo
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without disrupting the processes required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your San Mateo business can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and highlights weaknesses in rules or processes that need to be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is usually given a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and calls for intimate interaction with the teams responsible for data cleanup and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). Ransomware forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all potentially affected devices from the system. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to protect backups.
• Create forensically sound duplicates of all exposed devices so your file recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Identify the version of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey each machine and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any possible lateral movement from the originally compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs from messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in San Mateo
To find out more information about ways Progent can assist your San Mateo business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.