Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Columbus

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Columbus
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Columbus organization can use Progent's ransomware forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault travelled through the network assists you to evaluate the damage and brings to light gaps in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities like business continuity are performed in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of information technology and security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complicated and calls for intimate interaction with the groups focused on file recovery and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor. Ransomware forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as soon as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect every computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any potential lateral movement from the first compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide detailed incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to shore up cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Columbus
To find out more information about how Progent can help your Columbus organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.