Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Broomfield

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Broomfield
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with activity required for operational continuity and data restoration. Your Broomfield organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to block subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light vulnerabilities in rules or processes that need to be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is typically required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like operational continuity are performed concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of information technology and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out activities for containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for close interaction with the teams assigned to file recovery and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Activities involved with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so the file recovery group can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine every machine and storage device on the network including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Broomfield
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Broomfield organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.