Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Wichita

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Wichita
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can capture the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without disrupting activity related to business continuity and data recovery. Your Wichita organization can utilize Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to combat future ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation involves discovering and describing the ransomware assault's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This history of how a ransomware attack travelled through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in security policies or processes that should be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is critical that other important activities such as operational resumption are executed concurrently. Progent has a large roster of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and requires close cooperation with the teams responsible for file recovery and, if necessary, settlement negotiation with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically involve the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to detect variations.

Activities associated with forensics include:

• Disconnect without shutting down all possibly affected devices from the system. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Capture forensically valid digital images of all exposed devices so the file restoration group can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Establish the strain of ransomware involved in the assault
• Survey each computer and storage device on the system as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Study logs and user sessions to establish the time frame of the ransomware assault and to spot any potential sideways migration from the originally infected system
• Understand the attack vectors used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and determine if they are malicious
• Produce extensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to shore up security vulnerabilities and enforce workflows that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Wichita
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Wichita organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.