Manchester Ransomware Prevention and Recovery Solutions

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue governments, posing a possibly existential threat to companies that are victimized. Current versions of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly exercise. Novel variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus tools. Although user training and up-front detection are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will inevitably get through and that you implement a strong backup solution that permits you to restore files and services quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is a low-cost service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Manchester IT managers to collect pertinent information concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply best practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections
• Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to pay a specified ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the user is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous attacks include Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes enable you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest attack. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the use of dependable restoration platforms.

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