Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Tampa
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without slowing down activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Tampa business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.
Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and highlights weaknesses in rules or processes that need to be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensics is commonly given a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other key activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.
Ransomware forensics is arduous and requires intimate interaction with the groups focused on file recovery and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect variations.
Activities involved with forensics include:
- Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to guard backups.
- Capture forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so the data restoration team can proceed
- Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
- Determine the variety of ransomware used in the assault
- Survey every computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
- Inventory all compromised devices
- Determine the kind of ransomware used in the attack
- Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible lateral movement from the first compromised machine
- Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
- Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
- Parse Outlook web archives
- Analyze email attachments
- Separate URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malicious
- Provide comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
- Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has provided online and on-premises network services throughout the United States for more than two decades and has earned Microsoft's Gold Partner designation in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity practice areas. Progent's team of SMEs includes consultants who have been awarded advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco networking, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, and GIAC. (Refer to certifications earned by Progent consultants). Progent also has guidance in financial and Enterprise Resource Planning software. This scope of expertise allows Progent to salvage and integrate the surviving pieces of your network after a ransomware intrusion and rebuild them rapidly into an operational network. Progent has collaborated with top cyber insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Tampa
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Tampa business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.