Parsippany Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Solutions
Ransomware Readiness Assessment
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and costly process. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus tools. Although user education and frontline identification are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you assume some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that enables you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will cooperate directly with your Parsippany network managers to collect critical data concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting critical servers including Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to pay a certain ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that paying the ransom will restore the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow you to recover your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block a new malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the deployment of reliable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Checkup in Parsippany
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