Ransomware Response Consultants in Des Moines

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Des Moines
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics analysis without impeding activity related to operational resumption and data restoration. Your Des Moines business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the cleanup of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at tracking and documenting the ransomware attack's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light gaps in rules or processes that need to be rectified to prevent later breaches. Forensics is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important recovery processes like operational resumption are performed in parallel. Progent maintains a large roster of IT and data security professionals with the skills required to perform the work of containment, business resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complex and calls for intimate interaction with the teams responsible for data cleanup and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware threat actor. Ransomware forensics typically involve the examination of all logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to detect variations.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing 2FA to secure backups.
• Create forensically sound digital images of all suspect devices so the data recovery group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the variety of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each computer and data store on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the attack
• Study log activity and sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to identify any possible lateral movement from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the attack vectors used to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in email messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to close security vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Des Moines
To learn more information about ways Progent can assist your Des Moines organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.