Ransomware Response Services in Houston

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Houston
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can preserve the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics analysis without disrupting activity required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Houston business can use Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, assist in the recovery of lost data, and comply with insurance and governmental mandates.

Ransomware forensics analysis involves determining and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline across the targeted network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault progressed through the network assists you to assess the impact and brings to light shortcomings in rules or processes that should be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is critical that other key recovery processes like operational continuity are performed concurrently. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without disrupting forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is time consuming and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams responsible for file restoration and, if necessary, payment discussions with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect variations.

Services associated with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect but avoid shutting down all potentially impacted devices from the network. This may require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to secure backups.
• Create forensically valid images of all exposed devices so the file recovery team can get started
• Preserve firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as feasible
• Determine the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Survey each machine and data store on the network including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the kind of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the time frame of the attack and to spot any possible sideways movement from the originally compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance regulations
• List recommendations to shore up security gaps and enforce processes that reduce the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Houston
To learn more about how Progent can help your Houston business with ransomware forensics analysis, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.