Providence Ransomware Protection and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Audit
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue states, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Modern variations of ransomware target everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly exercise. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware penetrations are the result of innocuous-looking emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user training and frontline detection are important to defend against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably succeed and that you implement a solid backup solution that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate with your Providence network management staff to collect critical information concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to follow leading 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 associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Safe RDP connections
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers such as AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will recover the damaged files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup procedures permit your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen data are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a sound process for performing and keeping remote backups and the use of reliable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Review in Providence
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Audit can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Providence, phone Progent at
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