Durham Ransomware Prevention and Removal Solutions
Ransomware Readiness Assessment
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, posing a possibly existential threat to companies that are breached. Current versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and costly exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most crypto-ransomware penetrations are the result of innocuous-looking emails with dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user training and frontline identification are important to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably succeed and that you deploy a solid backup solution that allows you to repair the damage quickly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Durham network management staff to gather critical data about your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights key issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Proper firewall configuration
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Backing up critical 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 are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to pay a specified ransom, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the user is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Cerber are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools 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 be aware of phishing techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound process for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment in Durham
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