Beverly Hills Ransomware Defense and Remediation Expertise

Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious states, representing a potentially lethal threat to companies that fall victim. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a complex and costly exercise. New strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

90% of ransomware breaches are caused by innocent-seeming emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to protect your network against ransomware, best practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably succeed and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that enables you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work directly with your Beverly Hills IT management staff to collect pertinent data concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall settings
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol connections
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Backing up critical servers such as Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to send a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will restore the damaged data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted 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 common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks include Locky, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment in Beverly Hills
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Review can bolster your defense against ransomware in Beverly Hills, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.