Tacoma Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Consulting

Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue governments, representing a possibly lethal risk to companies that are victimized. Modern variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive process. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocent-looking emails that have malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus tools. While user education and up-front detection are critical to defend against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some malware will eventually succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that permits you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will work with your Tacoma network management staff to gather critical data concerning your security posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

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

Security

• Proper allocation and use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting required servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain amount of money, usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will recover the lost data or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes enable your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block a new malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate protection is a solid process for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation in Tacoma
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Tacoma, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.