Omaha Ransomware Protection and Restoration Services
Ransomware Readiness Audit
Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious governments, representing a potentially existential threat to companies that are breached. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a complex and expensive exercise. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware penetrations come from innocent-looking emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline identification are important to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will inevitably get through and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work directly with your Omaha network management staff to gather critical data about your security setup and backup processes. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Proper firewall settings
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting key servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the lost files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are Locky, and Petya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public. Because new versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of reliable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation in Omaha
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Consultation can bolster your protection against ransomware in Omaha, phone Progent at
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