Florianópolis Ransomware Protection and Remediation Consulting

Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and malicious states, posing a potentially existential risk to businesses that are victimized. The latest strains of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a long and costly process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocent-seeming emails that include dangerous links or attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user education and up-front identification are critical to protect against ransomware, leading practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will work with your Florianópolis network management staff to gather critical information concerning your security posture and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues associated with crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:

Security

• Correct use of admin accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe RDP access
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Backing up key servers including Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim 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. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Famous examples are WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes permit you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of protection is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the deployment of dependable restoration tools.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Audit in Florianópolis
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment can bolster your defense against ransomware in Florianópolis, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.