Albuquerque Ransomware Protection and Recovery Solutions
Ransomware Susceptibility Audit
Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and malicious governments, representing a possibly lethal risk to companies that are breached. Modern strains of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive process. Novel versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware penetrations are caused by innocent-looking emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user training and frontline detection are important to defend your network against ransomware, best practices demand that you expect that some malware will eventually get through and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage quickly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will work directly with your Albuquerque network management staff to gather pertinent data concerning your security setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Effective use of administration accounts
- Assigning NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Secure RDP configuration
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Backing up key servers including Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the user is tricked into responding to by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks include Locky, and Petya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more elaborate and have wreaked more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes permit your business to recover your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to identify phishing tricks. Your last line of defense is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Consultation in Albuquerque
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