Plano Ransomware Filtering and Removal Services
Ransomware Susceptibility Audit
Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious states, representing a possibly existential threat to companies that fall victim. Modern strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and costly process. Novel variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails that have malicious links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus tools. While user training and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually get through and that you prepare a solid backup solution that permits you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Plano IT management staff to collect pertinent data about your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe RDP configuration
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools identification and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting required servers such as Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that paying the ransom will recover the damaged files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples are Locky, and Petya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and Cerber are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify phishing techniques. Your ultimate protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the use of dependable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Consultation in Plano
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