Lima Ransomware Defense and Recovery Solutions
Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup
Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious governments, representing a potentially existential threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Current strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly exercise. New strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware penetrations come from innocuous-looking emails that have malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and up-front detection are critical to defend your network against ransomware, best practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably get through and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that allows you to recover quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Lima IT management staff to gather critical information about your security posture and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital areas related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up critical servers such as AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the target is asked to pay a specified ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network based 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, in which the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup procedures enable your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block a new malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid process for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the use of dependable restoration tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Assessment in Lima
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment can enhance your protection against crypto-ransomware in Lima, call Progent at
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