Ransomware Response Consultants in San Mateo

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in San Mateo
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without disrupting the processes required for operational resumption and data recovery. Your San Mateo organization can use Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to block future ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and uncovers gaps in rules or work habits that need to be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensic analysis is usually given a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other key recovery processes such as business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and security experts with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for close interaction with the groups focused on file restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware Threat Actor. Ransomware forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine every machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and user sessions to determine the timeline of the attack and to identify any potential lateral migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in email messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommendations to close cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

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