Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Belo Horizonte

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Belo Horizonte
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with activity required for business continuity and data recovery. Your Belo Horizonte organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps you to assess the damage and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities like operational resumption are performed in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of IT and data security experts with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires close cooperation with the teams responsible for data restoration and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to guard backups.
• Create forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey each computer and data store on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any potential sideways migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Separate URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Produce extensive incident reporting to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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