Guadalajara Ransomware Filtering and Cleanup Expertise
Ransomware Readiness Audit
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and bad-actor governments, representing a potentially existential threat to companies that are breached. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a long and expensive exercise. Novel strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Spora, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front identification are critical to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably get through and that you prepare a strong backup solution that enables you to repair the damage rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Guadalajara IT managers to collect critical information concerning 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 administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Proper firewall configuration
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to send a certain ransom, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will recover the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, in which the victim is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous examples include Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public. Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a sound process for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the deployment of reliable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report in Guadalajara
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