Naples Ransomware Prevention and Removal Solutions
Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and rogue governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware target everything, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly process. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.
Most ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails with dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. While user training and frontline identification are important to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably get through and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that allows you to recover quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will work with your Naples network management staff to collect critical data about your security posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to leading practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Proper firewall configuration
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
- Recommend AntiVirus tools identification and deployment
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting required servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is asked to send a certain amount of money, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will recover the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, whereby the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples include Locky, and Petya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup processes allow you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound process for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation in Naples
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Naples, call Progent at
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