Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Cabo Frio
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without disrupting activity related to business continuity and data recovery. Your Cabo Frio organization can use Progent's ransomware forensics report to combat future ransomware assaults, validate the cleanup of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.
Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps you to evaluate the damage and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or processes that should be rectified to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is vital that other important activities like business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent maintains a large team of IT and security experts with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.
Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and requires intimate cooperation with the groups responsible for file restoration and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware attacker. forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for changes.
Activities associated with forensics investigation include:
- Disconnect without shutting down all potentially affected devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
- Copy forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so your file restoration group can proceed
- Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional key logs as quickly as possible
- Identify the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
- Examine each machine and storage device on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
- Catalog all compromised devices
- Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
- Review logs and user sessions in order to determine the time frame of the assault and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first infected system
- Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
- Search for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or network breach
- Parse Outlook PST files
- Examine email attachments
- Extract URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malware
- Produce detailed incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
- Document recommendations to shore up security gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit
Progent's Background
Progent has provided online and on-premises network services across the U.S. for over two decades and has earned Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's team of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technology platforms such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware, and popular Linux distros. Progent's data security experts have earned prestigious certifications such as CISA, CISSP-ISSAP, and CRISC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also has guidance in financial and ERP application software. This broad array of expertise gives Progent the ability to identify and integrate the surviving parts of your network after a ransomware assault and rebuild them rapidly into a viable system. Progent has collaborated with top insurance carriers including Chubb to assist organizations clean up after ransomware attacks.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Cabo Frio
To learn more information about how Progent can help your Cabo Frio business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.