Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Vacaville

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Vacaville
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Vacaville organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware assault's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists you to assess the impact and brings to light shortcomings in policies or work habits that need to be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other important recovery processes such as operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of IT and security professionals with the skills required to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for close cooperation with the groups assigned to file recovery and, if necessary, settlement talks with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect variations.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Preserve forensically complete images of all suspect devices so your file restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the strain of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect each machine and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first infected system
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide extensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• List recommendations to close security gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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