Ransomware Response Consultants in Sioux Falls

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Sioux Falls
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting the processes required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your Sioux Falls organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to counter future ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's progress across the targeted network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light gaps in security policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is critical that other key activities such as operational resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for close interaction with the teams assigned to file restoration and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Services involved with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all potentially affected devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to guard your backups.
• Create forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so the data restoration group can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the variety of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine every machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and sessions in order to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible lateral movement from the originally infected system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Produce detailed attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Sioux Falls
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Sioux Falls organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.