Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Winston-Salem

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Winston-Salem
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without impeding the processes required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Winston-Salem organization can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics report to block subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps you to evaluate the damage and brings to light vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key activities such as operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has a large roster of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to carry out activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complex and calls for intimate cooperation with the groups focused on data restoration and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Services involved with forensics include:

• Isolate without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to protect backups.
• Capture forensically complete duplicates of all exposed devices so the data recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect every machine and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Review logs and sessions to determine the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any possible sideways migration from the first infected system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack reporting to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Winston-Salem
To learn more about ways Progent can assist your Winston-Salem business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.