Garland Ransomware Prevention and Remediation Services
Ransomware Vulnerability Testing
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, posing a possibly lethal risk to businesses that fall victim. Modern strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a complex and costly process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware penetrations come from innocent-looking emails with dangerous links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. While user training and frontline detection are important to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some malware will eventually succeed and that you implement a strong backup mechanism that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Garland IT management staff to gather critical data about your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Cybersecurity
- Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Safe RDP connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers such as AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will recover the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the victim is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup procedures enable you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the deployment of reliable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Checkup in Garland
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