When something goes wrong, hours matter. We establish exactly what happened, how far it reached, and what comes next. Evidence-first, timeline-grounded, no speculation.
In the immediate hours after a suspected compromise, the window to collect volatile evidence is closing. Log retention policies expire. Network traffic is overwritten. Forensic artifacts are lost to routine system operations. Speed and methodology both matter, and getting either one wrong costs you the ability to establish what actually happened.
We respond with a structured forensic approach. Secure the evidence before it degrades, reconstruct the timeline from network and host data, establish the scope of access, identify persistence mechanisms, and give you the factual picture you need to make decisions. Legal, operational, and remediation, in that order of priority when speed matters.
Complete session reconstruction from collected network data. We reconstruct sessions, extract transferred files, identify command-and-control channels, and map external communication across the investigation period.
Network logs, authentication records, process execution data, and file system artifacts are correlated into a single unified timeline. We establish exactly when initial access occurred, what actions were taken, and in what sequence, from the attacker's first foothold to the moment of discovery.
Scheduled tasks, registry modifications, service installations, cron jobs, and implant artifacts across the affected host inventory. We identify every mechanism the attacker installed to maintain access. Missing one means the incident is not actually over.
Lateral movement analysis to map exactly which systems the attacker touched, what credentials were accessed or harvested, and what data was staged or exfiltrated. Scope is the answer to the question your leadership and legal team will ask first.
Chain-of-custody documentation, evidence preservation logs, and forensic findings reports prepared to evidentiary standards. Every conclusion is supported by the specific artifacts and log entries that establish it. No speculation, no assumptions.
A prioritized, technically specific remediation plan that addresses root cause, closes the access vectors used, removes persistence, and hardens the environment against the specific techniques observed. The goal is not just recovery. It is making the same attack significantly harder next time.
Within hours of engagement, we assess the situation, identify what evidence is at risk of being lost, and prioritize collection accordingly. The first objective is preserving the forensic record before routine system operations degrade it.
Network captures, log exports, memory acquisition where indicated, and disk imaging of affected systems. Collection is documented with hash verification at every step. Evidence integrity is non-negotiable regardless of whether legal proceedings are anticipated.
The full investigation: timeline construction, lateral movement mapping, persistence identification, and scope determination. We work from the evidence, not from assumptions about what probably happened based on the initial symptoms.
A complete incident report with the full timeline, scope, attacker objectives, and a technically specific remediation roadmap. We brief your team, answer questions from counsel if needed, and remain engaged through remediation completion to confirm the environment is clean.
The window to collect clean evidence is closing. Contact us now and we will begin triage immediately. Existing clients: report the incident through the Client Portal.