Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Louisville

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Louisville
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding the processes related to operational resumption and data recovery. Your Louisville organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps you to evaluate the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent future break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and calls for close interaction with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Copy forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your file recovery group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey every computer and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to determine the timeline of the attack and to identify any potential sideways movement from the first infected system
• Identify the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Louisville
To learn more about how Progent can assist your Louisville business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.