Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Thousand Oaks

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Thousand Oaks
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to business resumption and data recovery. Your Thousand Oaks organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network assists your IT staff to assess the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other important activities such as business continuity are performed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of IT and cybersecurity experts with the skills required to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the groups assigned to data recovery and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all possibly affected devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically complete digital images of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the attack
• Inspect every computer and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first infected machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Thousand Oaks
To learn more about how Progent can assist your Thousand Oaks business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.