Allentown Ransomware Protection and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and bad-actor governments, posing a potentially existential threat to businesses that fall victim. Current strains of crypto-ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly process. New strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that have dangerous links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and up-front detection are important to defend against ransomware, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a strong backup solution that allows you to recover rapidly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will cooperate directly with your Allentown network management staff to collect critical information concerning your security profile and backup processes. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Effective use of admin accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Proper firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol connections
• Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and configuration

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

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and Petya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration tools.

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