Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Alexandria

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Alexandria
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes required for business resumption and data restoration. Your Alexandria organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensic analysis is usually given a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other key recovery processes such as operational continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of IT and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and calls for close cooperation with the teams assigned to data restoration and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware Threat Actor. forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so the file restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Identify the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey each computer and data store on the network including cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to identify any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised system
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce extensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Alexandria
To find out more about how Progent can assist your Alexandria organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.