Ransomware Response Consultants in Rio de Janeiro

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Rio de Janeiro
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down activity required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Rio de Janeiro business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves determining and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack progressed through the network assists your IT staff to evaluate the impact and uncovers gaps in policies or processes that need to be rectified to prevent later break-ins. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is vital that other important activities such as operational continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and data security professionals with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and requires intimate interaction with the teams responsible for data recovery and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware threat actor. forensics can require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to secure backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all suspect devices so the file recovery group can proceed
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey every computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the attack and to identify any potential lateral movement from the first compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security gaps and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Rio de Janeiro
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Rio de Janeiro business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.