Downers Grove Ransomware Defense and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and malicious states, posing a potentially lethal risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest variations of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and expensive process. New versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware penetrations come from innocent-looking emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user education and up-front detection are important to protect against ransomware, leading practices demand that you assume some attacks will inevitably get through and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that enables you to restore files and services quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service built around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work with your Downers Grove IT management staff to collect pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply best practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:

Security

• Proper use of administration accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall setup
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Backing up required servers including AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is asked to send a certain ransom, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected RDP port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and CryptoWall are more complex and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the use of reliable restoration platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation in Downers Grove
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Assessment can bolster your defense against ransomware in Downers Grove, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.