Reading Ransomware Protection and Recovery Services
Ransomware Preparedness Consultation
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and malicious governments, representing a potentially lethal risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. Modern variations of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocent-looking emails that include dangerous links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and frontline detection are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that enables you to repair the damage quickly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online interview with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Reading network management staff to collect critical information concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights key issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting required servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with 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 made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the target is asked to pay a certain ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Cerber are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup processes enable you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to be aware of phishing tricks. Your ultimate protection is a sound process for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of dependable restoration platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Audit in Reading
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Testing can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Reading, phone Progent at
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