Panama City Ransomware Defense and Remediation Solutions
Ransomware Readiness Audit
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and bad-actor states, representing a possibly existential risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. Modern strains of ransomware target everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly process. New variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most ransomware penetrations come from innocuous-seeming emails that have dangerous links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus tools. While user training and up-front identification are critical to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that enables you to restore files and services quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is a low-cost service centered around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Panama City IT managers to collect pertinent information about your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best 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 related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Cybersecurity
- Effective use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will restore the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Cerber are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes permit your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate protection is a solid process for performing and retaining remote backups and the use of dependable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Testing in Panama City
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