Indianapolis Ransomware Defense and Cleanup Services
Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to companies that fall victim. The latest strains of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a complex and costly exercise. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. Although user training and up-front detection are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually succeed and that you put in place a solid backup solution that allows you to recover quickly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will collaborate directly with your Indianapolis network management staff to collect pertinent information concerning your security posture and backup processes. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights key areas associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe RDP connections
- Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting key servers such as AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the user is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected RDP port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup procedures enable you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a sound process for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Audit in Indianapolis
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