Southfield Ransomware Defense and Restoration Expertise
Ransomware Preparedness Report
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and rogue states, posing a potentially existential threat to businesses that are victimized. Modern versions of ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and costly exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline identification are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably get through and that you put in place a solid backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware defense and repair. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Southfield IT managers to gather critical information concerning your cybersecurity profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital issues related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Safe RDP configuration
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Backing up key servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will restore the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured RDP port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks include Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and CryptoWall are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup procedures enable you to recover your encrypted files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for performing and retaining offsite backups and the use of reliable restoration tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Testing in Southfield
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