Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Newark

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Newark
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can capture the evidence of a ransomware assault and carry out a detailed forensics investigation without slowing down the processes required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Newark business can utilize Progent's forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware attack travelled through the network assists you to evaluate the impact and highlights vulnerabilities in policies or processes that should be rectified to avoid later break-ins. Forensics is typically given a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other important activities like business continuity are executed in parallel. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the skills needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complex and requires close cooperation with the teams focused on file recovery and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware threat actor. forensics can involve the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Services associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user PWs, and implementing two-factor authentication to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically complete digital images of all suspect devices so the data restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as soon as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Inspect each machine and data store on the system including cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to determine the time frame of the attack and to identify any possible sideways migration from the originally compromised machine
• Identify the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Separate URLs from messages and check to see whether they are malware
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance and compliance requirements
• Document recommendations to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Services in Newark
To find out more about ways Progent can assist your Newark organization with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.