Chattanooga Ransomware Defense and Remediation Expertise
Ransomware Preparedness Assessment
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are victimized. The latest variations of ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive process. Novel versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Spora, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware infections are caused by innocent-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. While user training and frontline identification are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you put in place a solid backup solution that allows you to recover rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Chattanooga network managers to gather critical information about your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow best practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to block or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Proper allocation and use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Optimal firewall settings
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up required servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will restore the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a familiar source. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more elaborate and have wreaked more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes allow you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new 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 appear in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation in Chattanooga
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