Bakersfield Ransomware Protection and Restoration Expertise

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and malicious states, representing a potentially lethal threat to companies that are successfully attacked. Current strains of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and expensive process. New variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.

Most ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-looking emails that have malicious links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user education and frontline detection are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you put in place a solid backup solution that allows you to recover quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Bakersfield IT managers to collect pertinent information concerning your security profile and backup processes. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of administration accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Proper firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
• Recommend AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Protecting required servers including Active Directory
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to pay a specified ransom, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will recover the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the victim is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a trusted source. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly protected RDP port.

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 annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous attacks are Locky, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup processes allow your business to restore your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching 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 identify phishing tricks. Your last line of defense is a solid process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.

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