Corpus Christi Ransomware Defense and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue governments, representing a potentially lethal risk to businesses that fall victim. Current variations of ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a complex and costly exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-looking emails that have dangerous links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user education and frontline detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a solid backup solution that enables you to recover quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service built around a remote interview with a Progent security consultant experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Corpus Christi IT managers to collect critical information about your security posture and backup processes. Progent will use this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

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

Security

• Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB permissions
• Proper firewall configuration
• Secure RDP configuration
• Guidance for AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Backing up required servers including Active Directory
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is asked to pay a specified amount of money (the ransom), typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. There is no guarantee that delivering the extortion price will restore the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly protected RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more complex and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup processes permit you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Consultation in Corpus Christi
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment can enhance your defense against crypto-ransomware in Corpus Christi, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.