Leeds Ransomware Filtering and Recovery Services

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and malicious governments, posing a potentially lethal threat to companies that are successfully attacked. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive exercise. Novel strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware penetrations come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. While user education and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware, best practices demand that you expect that some attacks will eventually get through and that you deploy a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your Leeds IT management staff to collect pertinent data concerning your security profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup solution to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall settings
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Recommend AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers including Active Directory
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the user is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples include Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the use of dependable restoration tools.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Testing in Leeds
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation can bolster your protection against ransomware in Leeds, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.