Madison Ransomware Filtering and Removal Consulting
Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation
Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious states, representing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that fall victim. Modern versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and expensive process. Novel variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have emerged, displacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections are the result of innocent-looking emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front detection are important to defend against ransomware, best practices demand that you assume some attacks will inevitably get through and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that allows you to recover quickly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate directly with your Madison network managers to collect pertinent data concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up required servers such as AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will restore the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup procedures enable your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the deployment of dependable restoration tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Review in Madison
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