Beverly Hills Ransomware Defense and Remediation Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, representing a possibly lethal threat to companies that are victimized. Current versions of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and expensive exercise. Novel strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus tools. Although user education and up-front detection are important to protect against ransomware, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you put in place a strong backup mechanism that enables you to recover rapidly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will work directly with your Beverly Hills network managers to collect critical information concerning your security profile and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to apply leading practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
• Proper firewall configuration
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up key servers such as AD
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will recover the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across 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 spoofed email, in which 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 common vulnerability is a poorly protected RDP port.

CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Famous examples include WannaCry, and Petya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to identify social engineering techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the deployment of dependable restoration tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Report in Beverly Hills
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation can enhance your defense against crypto-ransomware in Beverly Hills, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.