Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Cincinnati

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Cincinnati
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can preserve the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a detailed forensics investigation without impeding the processes related to business continuity and data recovery. Your Cincinnati business can utilize Progent's ransomware forensics documentation to block subsequent ransomware attacks, assist in the restoration of encrypted data, and comply with insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's progress throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware assault progressed through the network helps your IT staff to evaluate the impact and brings to light shortcomings in rules or processes that should be corrected to avoid future break-ins. Forensic analysis is typically given a high priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is vital that other important activities such as business continuity are pursued concurrently. Progent maintains a large roster of IT and data security professionals with the knowledge and experience needed to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data recovery without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and requires intimate interaction with the teams focused on data cleanup and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to look for changes.

Activities associated with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all possibly impacted devices from the network. This may involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and setting up 2FA to protect your backups.
• Copy forensically sound digital images of all suspect devices so your data restoration team can get started
• Preserve firewall, virtual private network, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Establish the version of ransomware used in the assault
• Examine every machine and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the type of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to spot any potential lateral migration from the first infected machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the first encrypted files or network breach
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Analyze email attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and determine if they are malware
• Produce comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommended improvements to close cybersecurity gaps and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

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