Perth Ransomware Defense and Cleanup Solutions

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue governments, posing a potentially lethal risk to companies that are breached. Current variations of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have emerged, displacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus filters. While user education and frontline identification are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will inevitably get through and that you put in place a solid backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will collaborate directly with your Perth IT managers to gather pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity profile and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware attack.

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

Security

• Proper allocation and use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe RDP access
• Advice about AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as AD
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that paying the ransom will restore the damaged files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the victim is tricked 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 an improperly secured RDP port.

CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for performing and keeping remote backups and the use of dependable restoration platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Testing in Perth
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Report can bolster your defense against ransomware in Perth, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.