Ransomware Response Services in Appleton

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Appleton
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without slowing down the processes required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Appleton organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and documenting the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light weaknesses in rules or work habits that need to be corrected to avoid later breaches. Forensics is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other important recovery processes like business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive roster of IT and cybersecurity experts with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and requires close interaction with the teams responsible for data recovery and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware attacker. forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities involved with forensics include:

• Isolate without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to guard backups.
• Create forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so your data recovery team can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other key logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the variety of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey each machine and data store on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and user sessions in order to determine the timeline of the assault and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

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