Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Glendale
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics analysis without interfering with the processes related to business resumption and data restoration. Your Glendale organization can utilize Progent's forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.
Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists you to evaluate the damage and brings to light shortcomings in rules or processes that should be corrected to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is commonly given a high priority by the insurance carrier and is typically required by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is critical that other important activities such as operational continuity are executed in parallel. Progent maintains a large team of IT and data security experts with the skills required to carry out activities for containment, business resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.
Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for intimate interaction with the groups responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, payment negotiation with the ransomware attacker. forensics typically require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for variations.
Services associated with forensics include:
- Isolate but avoid shutting down all possibly affected devices from the system. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring two-factor authentication to secure backups.
- Capture forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so your file restoration group can proceed
- Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as possible
- Establish the version of ransomware involved in the attack
- Inspect every computer and storage device on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
- Catalog all compromised devices
- Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
- Review logs and user sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to spot any possible lateral migration from the first compromised system
- Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
- Search for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system breach
- Parse Outlook web archives
- Analyze email attachments
- Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see if they are malicious
- Provide extensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
- Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit
Progent's Qualifications
Progent has delivered remote and on-premises network services throughout the United States for over two decades and has been awarded Microsoft's Partner certification in the Datacenter and Cloud Productivity competencies. Progent's roster of subject matter experts (SMEs) includes consultants who have earned advanced certifications in foundation technologies such as Cisco infrastructure, VMware virtualization, and major distributions of Linux. Progent's data security consultants have earned prestigious certifications such as CISM, CISSP, and GIAC. (See Progent's certifications). Progent also offers guidance in financial management and Enterprise Resource Planning applications. This breadth of expertise allows Progent to identify and consolidate the surviving parts of your information system following a ransomware assault and rebuild them quickly into a viable network. Progent has collaborated with top insurance carriers including Chubb to help organizations recover from ransomware assaults.
Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Glendale
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Glendale business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.