Ransomware Response Consulting Services in San Jose

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in San Jose
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without impeding activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your San Jose business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This history of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists you to evaluate the impact and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that should be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensic analysis is usually given a top priority by the insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other key activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups focused on file cleanup and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies.

Services involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard your backups.
• Capture forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine every machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• 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
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to shore up security gaps and improve workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in San Jose
To find out more about ways Progent can help your San Jose business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.