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Ransomware Preparedness Checkup
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and bad-actor states, representing a potentially existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even selective recovery a complex and expensive process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware breaches are the result of innocent-seeming emails with malicious links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline detection are important to protect your network against ransomware, best practices demand that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that enables you to recover quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your San Diego IT management staff to collect pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Proper use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting key servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will recover the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes 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 new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous examples are WannaCry, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and Cerber are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup procedures permit your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Consultation in San Diego
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