Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Columbus

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Columbus
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without interfering with activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Columbus business can use Progent's ransomware forensics report to counter future ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to assess the damage and brings to light vulnerabilities in rules or processes that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is typically given a top priority by the insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like operational continuity are executed concurrently. Progent has a large team of IT and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and calls for close cooperation with the groups assigned to file restoration and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically sound digital images of all exposed devices so your file restoration team can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the strain of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine each computer and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the assault and to identify any possible lateral movement from the first infected system
• Understand the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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