Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Detroit

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Detroit
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down activity related to business resumption and data recovery. Your Detroit business can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network assists you to assess the damage and highlights vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually given a high priority by the insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other important recovery processes like business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for close interaction with the teams assigned to data recovery and, if necessary, settlement talks with the ransomware Threat Actor. Ransomware forensics can require the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically valid digital images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the version of ransomware used in the attack
• Inspect every machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and sessions to determine the timeline of the assault and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first compromised machine
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to shore up security gaps and enforce workflows that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Detroit
To learn more information about how Progent can assist your Detroit organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.