Ransomware Response Consultants in Phoenix

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Phoenix
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without disrupting the processes required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Phoenix business can utilize Progent's forensics documentation to counter future ransomware attacks, assist in the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at tracking and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists your IT staff to assess the damage and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a top priority by the insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can take time, it is essential that other important recovery processes such as business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large roster of information technology and data security experts with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and requires close interaction with the groups focused on file recovery and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics can involve the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to check for changes.

Services involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach without shutting off all potentially impacted devices from the system. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to guard your backups.
• Create forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so your file restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey every machine and data store on the system as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the ransomware attack and to spot any possible sideways migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Provide extensive incident reporting to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Phoenix
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Phoenix organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.