Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Memphis

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Memphis
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Memphis business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics report to block subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves tracking and describing the ransomware assault's storyline across 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 brings to light shortcomings in policies or processes that should be rectified to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly given a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities such as business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complex and calls for close cooperation with the teams responsible for file cleanup and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Services involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Capture forensically sound digital images of all exposed devices so the data restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine each machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any potential lateral migration from the originally infected machine
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to close security gaps and enforce processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Memphis
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Memphis organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.