Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Tampa

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Tampa
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Tampa organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter future ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and describing the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists you to evaluate the impact and highlights 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 insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities like operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and calls for close interaction with the groups focused on data restoration and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Copy forensically sound digital images of all exposed devices so your file recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each computer and data store on the system as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Study logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first compromised system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommendations to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Tampa
To learn more about how Progent can assist your Tampa organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.