Ransomware Response Consultants in Tampa

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Tampa
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without disrupting activity required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Tampa business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to combat future ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and describing the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware assault travelled through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light shortcomings in rules or work habits that should be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other key recovery processes such as operational continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires close interaction with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate without shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Create forensically complete images of all exposed devices so the data restoration team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect every machine and data store on the network including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Study logs and sessions to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential sideways movement from the first compromised machine
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide extensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Tampa
To find out more about ways Progent can help your Tampa business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.