Ransomware Response Services in Sydney

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Sydney
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for operational resumption and data recovery. Your Sydney organization can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves determining and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and highlights vulnerabilities in rules or processes that should be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other key activities such as operational continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complicated and calls for intimate interaction with the teams focused on data restoration and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the system. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to guard backups.
• Copy forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so your data restoration group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey each machine and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible lateral movement from the first infected system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Produce detailed attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Sydney
To find out more about ways Progent can help your Sydney business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.