Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Los Angeles

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Los Angeles
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Los Angeles business can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter future ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to assess the impact and highlights shortcomings in security policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically given a top priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important activities such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and calls for close cooperation with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to secure your backups.
• Create forensically sound digital images of all exposed devices so the data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Inspect each machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first infected system
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malicious
• Provide detailed incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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