Ransomware Response Consultants in Southlake

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Southlake
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down the processes related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Southlake organization can utilize Progent's forensics documentation to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the cleanup of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps you to assess the impact and highlights gaps in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities such as business resumption are performed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complex and calls for intimate interaction with the groups assigned to data cleanup and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to secure backups.
• Capture forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so your file recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey every machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and sessions to determine the timeline of the assault and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first infected system
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Southlake
To learn more information about ways Progent can help your Southlake organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.