Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Irvine

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Irvine
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics investigation without interfering with the processes related to business continuity and data recovery. Your Irvine organization can use Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in rules or work habits that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key activities like business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complicated and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to file recovery and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Capture forensically sound images of all exposed devices so the file restoration group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey each machine and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible lateral migration from the first infected system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce extensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to shore up security vulnerabilities and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Irvine
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Irvine organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.