Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Reston

Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting in Reston
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware assault and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without interfering with activity required for operational resumption and data restoration. Your Reston business can utilize Progent's post-attack forensics documentation to counter subsequent ransomware assaults, validate the recovery of lost data, and meet insurance and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack travelled through the network assists you to assess the damage and highlights weaknesses in security policies or work habits that should be rectified to avoid later breaches. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is often mandated by state and industry regulations. Because forensic analysis can be time consuming, it is vital that other key activities such as business resumption are executed in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of IT and data security experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform the work of containment, operational resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics investigation is complicated and requires close cooperation with the teams focused on data recovery and, if needed, settlement discussions with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics can require the review of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory, DNS servers, routers, firewalls, schedulers, and core Windows systems to check for anomalies.

Activities associated with forensics analysis include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all possibly impacted devices from the network. This can require closing all RDP ports and Internet connected NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to guard your backups.
• Preserve forensically complete duplicates of all suspect devices so your file recovery team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine each machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Study log activity and user sessions in order to establish the timeline of the ransomware attack and to identify any possible lateral migration from the first compromised system
• Understand the attack vectors exploited to perpetrate the ransomware assault
• Search for the creation of executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook PST files
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs embedded in messages and check to see if they are malicious
• Produce comprehensive attack documentation to meet your insurance and compliance regulations
• Document recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and enforce processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Investigation Services in Reston
To learn more information about how Progent can help your Reston organization with ransomware forensics investigation, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.