Ransomware Response Consultants in The Woodlands

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in The Woodlands
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without impeding activity required for operational resumption and data recovery. Your The Woodlands business can use Progent's forensics documentation to counter future ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and describing the ransomware assault's storyline 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 evaluate the impact and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes like business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of IT and security experts with the skills required to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires close cooperation with the groups assigned to file cleanup and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware adversary. forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Isolate without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to guard backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all suspect devices so your file recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey each computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the assault and to spot any possible sideways migration from the originally infected system
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in The Woodlands
To learn more about how Progent can help your The Woodlands organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.