Albuquerque Ransomware Prevention and Removal Services

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and malicious states, posing a possibly existential threat to companies that fall victim. Modern variations of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and expensive process. New strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware infections come from innocent-seeming emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. Although user training and up-front detection are critical to protect against ransomware, leading practices demand that you expect that some malware will eventually get through and that you put in place a strong backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate with your Albuquerque IT managers to gather pertinent data concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up key servers such as Active Directory
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-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 such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the victim is lured into responding to by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more complex and have caused more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable you to recover your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block a new attack. If an attack does appear 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 solid scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Audit in Albuquerque
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Albuquerque, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.