Manchester Ransomware Protection and Restoration Services
Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation
Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue states, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive exercise. New strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus tools. Although user training and frontline detection are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a strong backup solution that permits you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Manchester network management staff to gather pertinent information about your security setup and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights key areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe RDP access
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the victim is lured into responding to by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and CryptoWall are more complex and have caused more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes allow your business to recover your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect a new attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of reliable recovery platforms.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Assessment in Manchester
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