Cincinnati Ransomware Defense and Removal Consulting

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and malicious states, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that fall victim. The latest variations of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive exercise. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails that have malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. Although user training and up-front detection are critical to defend against ransomware, best practices demand that you expect that some attacks will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup solution that enables you to repair the damage quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will work with your Cincinnati IT management staff to gather critical data concerning your cybersecurity profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
• Optimal firewall settings
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Advice about AntiVirus filtering selection and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Protecting key servers including AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is required to send a specified amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the target is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks include Locky, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and Cerber are more complex and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes permit you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report in Cincinnati
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Testing can bolster your protection against ransomware in Cincinnati, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.