Ransomware Response Services in Centennial

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Centennial
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity required for operational resumption and data recovery. Your Centennial business can use Progent's forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware assault's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to assess the impact and uncovers weaknesses in rules or work habits that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other important recovery processes such as business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for close interaction with the teams responsible for file restoration and, if needed, settlement talks with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect variations.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically valid duplicates of all exposed devices so the file recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine every computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and sessions to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first infected machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide detailed incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

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