Miami Ransomware Protection and Removal Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and bad-actor states, representing a possibly lethal threat to companies that are victimized. The latest variations of crypto-ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive process. Novel variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Spora, and CryptoWall in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches are caused by innocent-looking emails with malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and up-front identification are important to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually get through and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that enables you to restore files and services quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Miami network managers to gather pertinent data about your security setup and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital areas related to crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB permissions
• Proper firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
• Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

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

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will restore the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the target is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected RDP port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples are Locky, and Petya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more complex and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes allow you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the use of dependable restoration platforms.

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