Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Fremont

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Fremont
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with the processes required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Fremont organization can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to counter future ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and comply with insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in rules or processes that need to be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other key activities like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the skills needed to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. Ransomware forensics can require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to secure backups.
• Capture forensically complete images of all exposed devices so the data restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the variety of ransomware used in the attack
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible lateral migration from the first infected system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide extensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Fremont
To learn more information about how Progent can help your Fremont organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.