Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in San Diego

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in San Diego
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with activity related to business continuity and data restoration. Your San Diego organization can use Progent's forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and comply with insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled within the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensic analysis is usually assigned a high priority by the cyber 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 like business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains an extensive team of IT and security professionals with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and calls for close interaction with the groups responsible for data cleanup and, if needed, payment talks with the ransomware adversary. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, AD, DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect changes.

Services associated with forensics include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to protect backups.
• Create forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so the file recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other key logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey every machine and storage device on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to determine the timeline of the assault and to identify any possible sideways migration from the originally infected system
• Identify the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive incident documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to shore up security gaps and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Expertise in San Diego
To find out more about how Progent can assist your San Diego business with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.