Ransomware Response Consultants in Phoenix

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Phoenix
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without impeding activity required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Phoenix organization can use Progent's forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps you to evaluate the impact and uncovers weaknesses in policies or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensics is typically given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other key activities like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent maintains a large team of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for close cooperation with the groups responsible for data recovery and, if needed, settlement talks with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Isolate without shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Capture forensically valid images of all suspect devices so the file restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the strain of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine every machine and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential lateral migration from the first compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and determine whether they are malware
• Produce detailed incident reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security gaps and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Phoenix
To find out more information about how Progent can assist your Phoenix organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.