Oklahoma CIty Ransomware Prevention and Recovery Expertise
Ransomware Preparedness Review
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue governments, representing a potentially lethal risk to companies that are victimized. Modern strains of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even selective recovery a long and expensive exercise. Novel versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware breaches are caused by innocent-looking emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus filters. While user training and frontline identification are critical to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you expect that some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that permits you to restore files and services quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Oklahoma CIty network management staff to gather pertinent information concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools identification and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up required servers such as Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to send a certain ransom, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will recover the lost files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, whereby the target is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every two years. Famous attacks include Locky, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more complex and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup procedures permit you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public. Because new versions of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the deployment of reliable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Review in Oklahoma CIty
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