Ransomware Response Consultants in Manchester

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Manchester
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics investigation without slowing down activity related to operational continuity and data recovery. Your Manchester business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to counter future ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and highlights shortcomings in policies or processes that should be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities like business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and requires close interaction with the groups responsible for data recovery and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for variations.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate without shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to protect backups.
• Capture forensically sound images of all suspect devices so the file recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the variety of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey each machine and data store on the system as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to spot any potential sideways migration from the first compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide detailed attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Manchester
To find out more information about how Progent can help your Manchester organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.