Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Toronto

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Toronto
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes related to operational resumption and data recovery. Your Toronto business can use Progent's forensics documentation to counter future ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and comply with insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves tracking and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to assess the impact and highlights gaps in policies or work habits that should be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other important recovery processes such as operational resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and security professionals with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and calls for close cooperation with the groups responsible for data recovery and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Preserve forensically sound images of all exposed devices so the data restoration team can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Examine each computer and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential sideways migration from the first infected machine
• Identify the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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