Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Newark

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Newark
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for business continuity and data recovery. Your Newark organization can use Progent's forensics documentation to block future ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers gaps in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other key activities such as operational continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform activities for containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and requires intimate cooperation with the teams focused on data restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware adversary. forensics can involve the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Services involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all potentially affected devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Create forensically sound images of all suspect devices so your file restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine each machine and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any potential lateral movement from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide extensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Newark
To learn more about ways Progent can assist your Newark business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.