Ransomware Response Consultants in Dallas

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Dallas
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Dallas business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and uncovers shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other important recovery processes such as operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the skills needed to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to file cleanup and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically complete images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine each computer and storage device on the network including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review logs and sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommendations to close security gaps and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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