Anaheim Ransomware Filtering and Restoration Services

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and malicious states, representing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that fall victim. Modern strains of ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a long and costly process. Novel variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails with dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front identification are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you put in place a solid backup solution that enables you to repair the damage rapidly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent security consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will collaborate directly with your Anaheim IT management staff to gather pertinent data concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to follow leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup solution to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights key areas associated with crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
• Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
• Proper firewall configuration
• Safe RDP configuration
• Advice about AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting key servers including AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to send a certain ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will recover the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the user is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Famous attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes enable you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to be aware of phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.

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