Ransomware Response
Contain the blast radius, recover the business, avoid paying
What this engagement covers
The service
Dedicated ransomware response - containment, forensics, decryption support, negotiation guidance, and recovery. We have seen every variant; we know what works and what makes it worse.
What we test
Full ransomware engagement lifecycle: intrusion vector identification, lateral movement reconstruction, payload analysis, data exfil scoping, decryptor validation, and recovery verification.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting Ransomware Response with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within Ransomware Response. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing Ransomware Response.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
RDP or VPN initial access
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover RDP or VPN initial access across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Credential abuse for lateral movement
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Credential abuse for lateral movement across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Cobalt Strike / similar C2
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Cobalt Strike / similar C2 across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Shadow copy destruction
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Shadow copy destruction across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Data staging in cloud storage
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Data staging in cloud storage across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Persistence in domain controllers
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Persistence in domain controllers across your Ransomware Response environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Parallel workstreams - one team contains, another investigates, a third supports recovery. We coordinate with your insurer, counsel, and executive team. We do not handle payment; we partner with specialist negotiators when one is needed.
Emergency containment
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting emergency containment across your ransomware response deployment.
Forensic triage and evidence preservation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting forensic triage and evidence preservation across your ransomware response deployment.
Intrusion timeline reconstruction
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting intrusion timeline reconstruction across your ransomware response deployment.
Data exfil assessment
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting data exfil assessment across your ransomware response deployment.
Eradication and hardening
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting eradication and hardening across your ransomware response deployment.
Recovery validation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting recovery validation across your ransomware response deployment.
Post-incident reporting
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting post-incident reporting across your ransomware response deployment.
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- Rapid containment of active encryption
- Intrusion vector and scope determination
- Data exfiltration assessment
- Coordinated recovery plan
- Decryptor validation (when available)
- Full post-incident report
- Hardening recommendations to prevent recurrence
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| HIPAA Security Rule | 45 CFR § 164.308(a)(8) | Formal technical evaluation verifying the integrity of ePHI safeguards, network segmentation, and privileged access safeguards. |
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Requirement 11.4 & 11.4.3 | Adversary-driven external and internal penetration testing with application-layer validation and vulnerability remediation verification. |
| SOC 2 Type II | CC4.1, CC7.1, CC7.2 | Technical testing evidence validating system boundaries, access restrictions, and vulnerability identification controls. |
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | PR.AC, DE.CM, RS.AN | Technical testing verifying access controls, anomaly detection efficacy, and incident response mitigation capabilities. |
| GDPR Article 32 | Art. 32(1)(d) | Documented evidence of regular testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical measures protecting personal data. |
Findings are mapped to HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, GDPR, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our Ransomware Response service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: Rapid containment of active encryption, Intrusion vector and scope determination, Data exfiltration assessment, Coordinated recovery plan, Decryptor validation (when available). Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, GDPR control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is 2-6 weeks per incident, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $35,000 emergency engagement. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
