Ransomware Response Consultants in Denver

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Denver
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with activity related to business resumption and data recovery. Your Denver business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and meet insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics involves discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and uncovers gaps in policies or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent later break-ins. Forensics is usually given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often required by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can take time, it is essential that other important activities such as operational continuity are pursued in parallel. Progent has a large team of IT and cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to carry out the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without disrupting forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is arduous and calls for close interaction with the groups responsible for file restoration and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware threat actor. forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to check for changes.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Isolate but avoid shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the network. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and configuring 2FA to guard your backups.
• Copy forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so the data restoration group can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Identify the version of ransomware used in the attack
• Survey each computer and storage device on the system including cloud storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study log activity and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the assault and to identify any possible lateral movement from the originally compromised system
• Understand the security gaps used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract URLs from email messages and determine whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• Suggest recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that reduce the risk of a future ransomware exploit

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