Shreveport Ransomware Prevention and Recovery Services
Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and rogue states, posing a possibly existential threat to companies that fall victim. Modern variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware breaches are caused by innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus tools. Although user training and frontline identification are critical to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that enables you to recover quickly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Shreveport IT management staff to gather critical data concerning your security profile and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow leading practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital issues associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Security
- Effective use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Advice about AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting required servers including Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will restore the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the victim is lured into responding to by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected RDP port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation in Shreveport
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Report can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Shreveport, phone Progent at
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