Ransomware Response Consultants in Scottsdale

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Scottsdale
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics analysis without impeding the processes related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Scottsdale organization can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps you to assess the damage and uncovers shortcomings in security policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance carrier and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is essential that other key activities like business continuity are executed concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and calls for intimate interaction with the teams assigned to file recovery and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Isolate without shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically valid digital images of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey every computer and data store on the system including cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to determine the time frame of the attack and to identify any potential sideways migration from the originally compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• List recommended improvements to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Scottsdale
To learn more about how Progent can help your Scottsdale business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.