Denver Ransomware Prevention and Cleanup Services
Ransomware Readiness Report
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and bad-actor states, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Modern versions of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and expensive exercise. Novel strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware penetrations are caused by innocuous-seeming emails that have malicious links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by legacy signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you assume some attacks will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup solution that enables you to recover rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and repair. During this assessment Progent will work directly with your Denver network management staff to collect critical information about your security profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to apply best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Security
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Proper firewall settings
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Recommend AntiVirus filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting critical servers such as AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another common vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples include Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Review in Denver
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