Harrisburg Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Review
Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue states, posing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Current variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly exercise. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by legacy signature-based antivirus filters. Although user training and frontline detection are important to protect your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably get through and that you prepare a solid backup solution that enables you to recover quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is a low-cost service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will work with your Harrisburg network managers to collect pertinent data about your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital areas related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Security
- Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to send a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that paying the ransom will restore the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the user is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more complex and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable you to recover your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to identify phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the deployment of dependable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Consultation in Harrisburg
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation can enhance your protection against crypto-ransomware in Harrisburg, phone Progent at
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