Ransomware Response Consultants in Schaumburg

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Analysis and Reporting in Schaumburg
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the system state after a ransomware assault and carry out a comprehensive forensics investigation without impeding activity required for business resumption and data recovery. Your Schaumburg business can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics report to counter subsequent ransomware attacks, validate the recovery of encrypted data, and meet insurance carrier and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics investigation is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware assault's progress across the targeted network from beginning to end. This audit trail of the way a ransomware attack progressed through the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and uncovers vulnerabilities in rules or work habits that need to be rectified to prevent future breaches. Forensics is usually assigned a top priority by the insurance provider and is typically mandated by state and industry regulations. Since forensic analysis can take time, it is vital that other important activities like operational resumption are pursued concurrently. Progent has a large team of IT and data security experts with the skills needed to carry out activities for containment, business resumption, and data restoration without interfering with forensics.

Ransomware forensics analysis is arduous and requires intimate cooperation with the teams responsible for data cleanup and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware threat actor. forensics typically involve the examination of logs, registry, GPO, Active Directory, DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and basic Windows systems to look for variations.

Activities involved with forensics investigation include:

• Detach but avoid shutting down all potentially suspect devices from the system. This can involve closing all RDP ports and Internet facing network-attached storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing two-factor authentication to protect backups.
• Preserve forensically valid images of all exposed devices so the file restoration team can get started
• Save firewall, VPN, and additional critical logs as quickly as possible
• Determine the version of ransomware involved in the attack
• Survey every computer and data store on the network as well as cloud storage for indications of encryption
• Catalog all compromised devices
• Determine the kind of ransomware involved in the assault
• Review logs and user sessions to establish the timeline of the attack and to spot any possible lateral movement from the first infected machine
• Identify the attack vectors exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Search for new executables surrounding the first encrypted files or system compromise
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Analyze attachments
• Separate any URLs embedded in messages and determine if they are malicious
• Provide comprehensive incident reporting to meet your insurance carrier and compliance requirements
• List recommended improvements to shore up cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve processes that reduce the risk of a future ransomware breach

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