Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Fort Worth

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Fort Worth
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting the processes required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Fort Worth business can use Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to combat subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to assess the impact and highlights gaps in rules or processes that need to be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is vital that other important recovery processes like operational resumption are performed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and data security professionals with the skills required to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the teams focused on file cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as possible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first infected machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Fort Worth
To learn more information about how Progent can assist your Fort Worth business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.