Ransomware Response Consultants in Colorado Springs

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting Services in Colorado Springs
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics analysis without slowing down the processes related to business continuity and data restoration. Your Colorado Springs business can utilize Progent's forensics documentation to combat subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware assault's progress throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled through the network assists you to assess the impact and uncovers weaknesses in rules or processes that need to be corrected to avoid future breaches. Forensic analysis is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Because forensics can be time consuming, it is critical that other important recovery processes like business resumption are performed concurrently. Progent has a large team of information technology and cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is complex and requires intimate cooperation with the teams assigned to data cleanup and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware hacker. forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and basic Windows systems to look for anomalies.

Services involved with forensics include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the system. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring two-factor authentication to protect backups.
• Create forensically sound digital images of all suspect devices so your data recovery group can proceed
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and other critical logs as soon as possible
• Identify the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Examine every computer and data store on the system as well as cloud-hosted storage for signs of encryption
• Inventory all compromised devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and user sessions in order to determine the time frame of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible sideways migration from the originally infected system
• Understand the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware assault
• Search for new executables associated with the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Separate URLs embedded in messages and determine whether they are malicious
• Produce detailed incident documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Document recommended improvements to close cybersecurity vulnerabilities and enforce processes that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

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