Cheyenne Ransomware Protection and Restoration Services

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and rogue states, posing a potentially existential threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Current versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and costly process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.

Most ransomware infections come from innocent-seeming emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus tools. Although user training and up-front detection are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will eventually succeed and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service built around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Cheyenne IT management staff to collect pertinent information about your security posture and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply best practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Recommend AntiVirus filtering selection and deployment

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is required to send a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will recover the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, in which the user is tricked into responding to by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly protected RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every two years. Famous examples are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup procedures permit your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public. Because new versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If threat 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 remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Review in Cheyenne
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Review can bolster your defense against ransomware in Cheyenne, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.