Cleveland Ransomware Defense and Restoration Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Checkup
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, representing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that are victimized. Current variations of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a complex and expensive process. New variations of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of ransomware infections come from innocuous-looking emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline identification are critical to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually get through and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Cleveland IT management staff to gather critical information about your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital areas associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting key servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will recover the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the user is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Report in Cleveland
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