Ransomware Response Services in Charlotte

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Charlotte
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without impeding activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Charlotte organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and describing the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This history of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers shortcomings in security policies or processes that need to be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other important recovery processes like business continuity are performed in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is time consuming and calls for close interaction with the groups assigned to file restoration and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware adversary. forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially affected devices from the network. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up 2FA to protect your backups.
• Create forensically complete images of all suspect devices so the data restoration group can proceed
• Save firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Identify the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect every computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and user sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential sideways migration from the first infected machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Charlotte
To learn more about how Progent can help your Charlotte organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.