Calgary Ransomware Filtering and Cleanup Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation
Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious states, posing a potentially lethal risk to companies that fall victim. Modern versions of crypto-ransomware target everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and expensive exercise. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most crypto-ransomware breaches are caused by innocuous-looking emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that allows you to recover quickly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Calgary IT management staff to collect pertinent data about your security posture and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply best practices for configuring and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Proper firewall settings
- Secure RDP configuration
- Advice about AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Backing up required servers such as AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is asked to pay a specified amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the user is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples include Locky, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and CryptoWall are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have been taught to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for performing and retaining offsite backups plus the use of dependable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Review in Calgary
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