Ipanema Ransomware Defense and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Checkup
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, posing a possibly lethal threat to companies that are victimized. The latest strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a complex and expensive process. New versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti and Egregor have emerged, displacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of ransomware breaches are caused by innocuous-seeming emails that have dangerous links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus tools. Although user education and frontline identification are critical to protect against ransomware, best practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup solution that enables you to recover rapidly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Ipanema IT managers to collect critical data concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to leading practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Cybersecurity
- Effective use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers such as 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 target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will recover the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more complex and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes allow you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid process for performing and retaining remote backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report in Ipanema
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