Ransomware Response Consultants in Charlotte

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Charlotte
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your Charlotte organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to block future ransomware attacks, assist in the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps you to assess the damage and uncovers weaknesses in rules or work habits that should be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities like business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and requires close interaction with the groups focused on data cleanup and, if necessary, settlement talks with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for changes.

Services involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the system. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Preserve forensically complete digital images of all exposed devices so the data restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the strain of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine each computer and data store on the system including cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential sideways migration from the originally infected machine
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in email messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Produce comprehensive incident reporting to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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