Cabo Frio Ransomware Filtering and Removal Services
Ransomware Susceptibility Audit
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and malicious states, posing a potentially existential threat to companies that are victimized. Modern versions of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and costly process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware penetrations come from innocent-looking emails with malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user education and up-front detection are critical to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that enables you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will cooperate with your Cabo Frio IT managers to gather pertinent data about your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Backing up critical servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will recover the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the target is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly protected RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and Petya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit you to recover your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the deployment of reliable restoration platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup in Cabo Frio
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