Boise Ransomware Filtering and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and rogue states, representing a potentially existential risk to businesses that are victimized. Modern variations of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and costly exercise. Novel strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are caused by innocent-looking emails that have dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user training and frontline identification are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably get through and that you implement a strong backup solution that permits you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will cooperate with your Boise IT management staff to collect pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity profile and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital areas associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall setup
• Secure RDP configuration
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Protecting critical servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to send a specified ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, whereby the target is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every two years. Famous attacks are WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable you to restore your encrypted files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your last line of defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the use of dependable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation in Boise
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Consultation can enhance your protection against crypto-ransomware in Boise, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.