Ransomware Response Services in Irvine

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Irvine
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without slowing down the processes related to operational continuity and data recovery. Your Irvine organization can use Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to counter future ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and highlights weaknesses in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is typically assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important recovery processes such as operational continuity are executed concurrently. Progent maintains a large roster of information technology and security professionals with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is complicated and requires close cooperation with the teams assigned to file restoration and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all possibly affected devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically sound digital images of all suspect devices so your data restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey every machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and sessions to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any potential sideways movement from the originally infected system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• 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 Irvine
To learn more about how Progent can help your Irvine organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.