Guarulhos Ransomware Defense and Restoration Solutions
Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation
Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, representing a possibly existential threat to companies that are breached. The latest strains of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and expensive exercise. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware infections come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user training and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you expect that some malware will inevitably succeed and that you implement a solid backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will work directly with your Guarulhos network management staff to gather pertinent information concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues associated with crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe RDP configuration
- Advice about AntiVirus filtering identification and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting required servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to pay a specified amount of money, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes permit your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the use of dependable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Audit in Guarulhos
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Audit can enhance your protection against ransomware in Guarulhos, phone Progent at
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