Perth Ransomware Protection and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Readiness Audit
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly lethal risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Modern variations of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and expensive process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections come from innocuous-looking emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and frontline detection are important to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a strong backup mechanism that enables you to recover rapidly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Perth network management staff to gather pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply best practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Backing up required servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will restore the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks include Locky, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup procedures enable you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups and the deployment of dependable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Assessment in Perth
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