Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Appleton

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Appleton
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Appleton business can use Progent's forensics report to block future ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps you to assess the impact and uncovers shortcomings in security policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is essential that other important recovery processes such as business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large team of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires intimate cooperation with the groups assigned to data cleanup and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware threat actor. Ransomware forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Detach without shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically sound images of all exposed devices so your data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the variety of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine every machine and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and sessions to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral movement from the first infected machine
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Appleton
To learn more about how Progent can help your Appleton organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.