Greensboro Ransomware Protection and Cleanup Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue states, posing a possibly lethal risk to businesses that fall victim. The latest variations of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-looking emails with malicious links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. While user training and up-front identification are critical to defend your network against ransomware, leading practices demand that you expect that some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this interview Progent will collaborate with your Greensboro network managers to collect pertinent data concerning your security profile and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

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

Security

• Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Advice about AntiVirus tools identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a specified amount of money, typically via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.

CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes permit your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate protection is a solid process for performing and retaining offsite backups plus the use of dependable recovery tools.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Review in Greensboro
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Testing can enhance your protection against ransomware in Greensboro, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.