Albany Ransomware Protection and Cleanup Services

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious governments, posing a possibly existential risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user training and up-front detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you assume some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that permits you to restore files and services quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Albany network management staff to collect critical data about your cybersecurity profile and backup processes. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
• Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Proper firewall configuration
• Safe RDP configuration
• Recommend AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Protecting critical servers such as AD
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is required to pay a specified amount of money (the ransom), typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will recover the lost data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the victim is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup procedures permit you to recover your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have been taught to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound process for performing and keeping remote backups and the use of reliable recovery platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Evaluation in Albany
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment can bolster your protection against ransomware in Albany, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.