Harrisburg Ransomware Defense and Removal Services

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and bad-actor states, representing a potentially existential risk to businesses that are breached. Current strains of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and costly process. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

Most ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-looking emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. While user education and up-front identification are important to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Harrisburg IT management staff to collect pertinent data about your cybersecurity profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to block or recover from a ransomware attack.

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

Cybersecurity

• Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe RDP access
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up key servers including AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to send a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will restore the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the target is lured into responding to by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable your business to restore your encrypted files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation in Harrisburg
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Readiness Review can enhance your defense against ransomware in Harrisburg, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.