Washington Ransomware Defense and Cleanup Solutions
Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly existential risk to companies that are victimized. Modern strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and costly exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Cerber, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. Although user training and frontline detection are critical to protect against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that permits you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Washington network managers to collect critical information about your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Secure RDP connections
- Advice about AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up required servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the victim is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks include Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit you to recover your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate protection is a solid process for scheduling and keeping offsite backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation in Washington
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