Broomfield Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Expertise
Ransomware Vulnerability Testing
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, representing a potentially lethal risk to companies that are breached. Modern strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly exercise. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware penetrations are the result of innocent-looking emails with malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and frontline detection are critical to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you expect that some malware will eventually succeed and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Broomfield IT management staff to gather critical data about your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall settings
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will recover the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the target is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples are Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup processes enable your business to recover your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public. Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups and the use of reliable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Checkup in Broomfield
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