Bellevue Ransomware Protection and Remediation Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and malicious governments, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that are victimized. Modern versions of ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and expensive exercise. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Egregor have emerged, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus tools. While user training and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that permits you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your Bellevue IT managers to collect critical information concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

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

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up key servers including AD
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the user is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup procedures permit you to restore your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a sound process for performing and keeping remote backups and the use of reliable recovery tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Testing in Bellevue
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation can enhance your protection against ransomware in Bellevue, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.