Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in San Jose

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in San Jose
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding the processes related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your San Jose business can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to block future ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps you to assess the damage and uncovers vulnerabilities in rules or work habits that should be corrected to prevent future break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically given a top priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is vital that other key activities like operational resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and security experts with the skills needed to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and requires close interaction with the groups assigned to data cleanup and, if necessary, settlement talks with the ransomware hacker. forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so your file restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional 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 signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• List recommendations to shore up cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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