Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Scottsdale

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Scottsdale
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Scottsdale business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light gaps in security policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is typically given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is critical that other key activities like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is time consuming and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Create forensically complete images of all suspect devices so the data restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey every machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential sideways movement from the originally infected system
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Separate URLs from email messages and determine if they are malicious
• Produce extensive attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Scottsdale
To find out more about how Progent can help your Scottsdale business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.