Ransomware Response Consulting Experts in Centennial

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics and Reporting Services in Centennial
Progent's ransomware forensics experts can save the system state after a ransomware attack and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without impeding activity related to operational continuity and data restoration. Your Centennial business can use Progent's post-attack forensics report to combat future ransomware attacks, validate the restoration of lost data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory requirements.

Ransomware forensics analysis is aimed at determining and describing the ransomware attack's progress across the network from start to finish. This audit trail of how a ransomware assault travelled within the network helps you to assess the damage and brings to light gaps in rules or work habits that should be rectified to avoid future breaches. Forensics is commonly assigned a high priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is vital that other important activities like business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent maintains an extensive roster of IT and security professionals with the skills required to carry out the work of containment, operational continuity, and data recovery without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is complicated and calls for intimate cooperation with the teams focused on file recovery and, if needed, payment discussions with the ransomware hacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the examination of all logs, registry, Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Services involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting off all possibly suspect devices from the network. This may involve closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, modifying admin credentials and user passwords, and configuring 2FA to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so the data restoration group can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and additional key logs as soon as possible
• Identify the strain of ransomware used in the assault
• Examine each computer and storage device on the system including cloud-hosted storage for indications of compromise
• Catalog all encrypted devices
• Establish the type of ransomware used in the assault
• Review log activity and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the assault and to spot any potential lateral migration from the originally compromised machine
• Understand the security gaps used to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for the creation of executables associated with the original encrypted files or network compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine email attachments
• Separate any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Produce extensive attack documentation to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• Suggest recommendations to close cybersecurity gaps and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware exploit

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Services in Centennial
To find out more information about how Progent can assist your Centennial organization with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.