Brisbane Ransomware Protection and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and rogue states, posing a possibly lethal risk to businesses that are breached. Current versions of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial restoration a complex and expensive process. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocent-seeming emails with malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user training and up-front detection are important to protect against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that permits you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work directly with your Brisbane network managers to collect critical information about your cybersecurity setup and backup processes. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow leading practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:

Security

• Effective use of admin accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall settings
• Secure RDP configuration
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting critical servers such as AD
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form 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 carnage, the target is required to pay a certain ransom, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will recover the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow you to recover your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the use of reliable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Report in Brisbane
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment can bolster your protection against ransomware in Brisbane, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.