Ransomware Response Consultants in Brighton

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Brighton
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Brighton organization can use Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and brings to light shortcomings in policies or processes that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other important activities like operational resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and security professionals with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, business continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires close interaction with the teams assigned to file restoration and, if necessary, settlement discussions with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the system. This can involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to secure your backups.
• Create forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so your data recovery group can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect each computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential sideways migration from the first infected system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Extract URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Expertise in Brighton
To find out more about how Progent can help your Brighton organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.