Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Lincoln

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Lincoln
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with the processes required for operational continuity and data recovery. Your Lincoln business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory mandates.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed within the network assists you to evaluate the damage and highlights weaknesses in policies or processes that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is typically assigned a high priority by the cyber insurance provider and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensics can be time consuming, it is vital that other important recovery processes like business resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and security experts with the skills required to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and requires intimate interaction with the groups responsible for data recovery and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics can involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities involved with forensics analysis include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all potentially affected devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Copy forensically sound images of all exposed devices so the file recovery group can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and other key logs as soon as possible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the attack
• Examine every computer and storage device on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware assault and to identify any possible sideways migration from the first infected machine
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Document recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in Lincoln
To learn more about ways Progent can help your Lincoln organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.