Columbus Ransomware Defense and Restoration Expertise
Ransomware Preparedness Review
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, representing a potentially existential threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Current variations of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a complex and expensive exercise. Novel strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that have dangerous links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and up-front detection are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you assume some malware will eventually get through and that you prepare a solid backup solution that permits you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this interview Progent will cooperate directly with your Columbus IT managers to collect critical information about your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Secure RDP access
- Guidance for AntiVirus filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Backing up required servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to send a specified ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will restore the lost data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured RDP port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup procedures allow your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block a new attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment in Columbus
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