Ransomware Response Services in Des Moines

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Des Moines
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without impeding the processes required for operational resumption and data recovery. Your Des Moines organization can use Progent's forensics documentation to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and documenting the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers shortcomings in rules or processes that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is typically given a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other important recovery processes such as business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and calls for close interaction with the teams responsible for file recovery and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor (TA). forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically complete digital images of all exposed devices so the file restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey every computer and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Review logs and user sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised system
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• List recommendations to close security gaps and enforce processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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