Ransomware Response Consultants in Manchester

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Manchester
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting the processes required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Manchester organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, assist in the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to assess the damage and brings to light vulnerabilities in policies or work habits that should be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly given a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key recovery processes like operational resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large team of IT and data security experts with the skills required to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is time consuming and requires intimate cooperation with the groups focused on file recovery and, if needed, payment negotiation with the ransomware adversary. forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to protect your backups.
• Preserve forensically sound digital images of all exposed devices so your data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the version of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey every machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any potential sideways migration from the first compromised system
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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