Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Cleveland

Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting in Cleveland
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a detailed forensics investigation without interfering with the processes related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Cleveland organization can utilize Progent's forensics report to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the cleanup of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at discovering and describing the ransomware assault's storyline across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed within the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the damage and uncovers weaknesses in security policies or work habits that need to be corrected to prevent later breaches. Forensics is usually given a high priority by the insurance provider and is often required by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is essential that other important recovery processes like business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of IT and cybersecurity experts with the skills required to perform activities for containment, business continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the teams responsible for data cleanup and, if needed, settlement negotiation with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Detach without shutting off all potentially affected devices from the system. This can require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, modifying admin credentials and user PWs, and setting up two-factor authentication to secure your backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all suspect devices so the file recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as soon as feasible
• Establish the version of ransomware involved in the assault
• Examine each computer and data store on the network as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions to determine the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible sideways movement from the first compromised system
• Understand the security gaps exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables associated with the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine email attachments
• Extract URLs embedded in email messages and determine if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• List recommendations to close security gaps and improve processes that lower the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Cleveland
To find out more information about ways Progent can help your Cleveland business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.