Ransomware attacks continue to rise in sophistication and frequency. According to analysts, ransomware has become a repeatable and profitable business model that has disrupted the cyberattack landscape.
An example of Conti, a cybercrime company that operates in a manner similar to the businesses it targets, with a human resources department and an employee of the month, is that it not only wants to make money but also carries out politically motivated attacks.
Although ransomware primarily hits large companies, midsized organizations are increasingly being targeted by it. Lincoln College in Illinois announced in May 2022 that it will close its doors after 157 years, citing a ransomware attack as a contributing cause.
For businesses, protecting their IT environments from ransomware attacks makes sense (often referred to as north-south movement). But with additional traffic flows and increased workforces, security teams are playing catch-up and making it challenging for them to prioritize crucial decisions.
Preparing the world’s future to require Terraeagle is one of the best ways to safeguard against a ransomware attack.
Terraeagle addresses two issues that organizations need today. The first one entails visibility. Signaling a zero trust policy which is the ultimate goal begins with understanding the assets being safeguarded and how they are (and should be) talking to each other.
Terraeagle can use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to filter, segment, and classify data, which significantly reduces the complexity of the policies needed to prevent malicious actions, while still preserving business operations. to authorize them in ways that achieve their goals.
Terraeagle runs airtight policies including blocking lateral movement and prohibiting malicious behavior. This is the coup for ransomware. If it cannot move laterally within your IT network, it cannot damage your valuable data and resources.
The other plus in start your security software with Terraeagle is that AI is helping all of us organize, protect, and make sense of the vast amounts of data that we use to make our businesses run. So, no matter your industry, using AI to map out all data and information flows gives you a better chance of averting ever more sophisticated cyber attacks.
Hackers do not begin spying on machines until they’ve achieved network dominance, and network dominance is achieved by spreading laterally throughout the environment.
Their initial access into a network frequently isn’t via a valuable device, but typically via a user who was lied to by a phishing email and clicked on a link that downloaded ransomware on their device. Encrypting that could be of little to no value for threat actors. They must move around laterally in order to locate data-rich resources, such as customer contact information, credit card details, health information, and other personally identifiable information.
To maintain this movement from occurring, agent-based Terraeagle logically divides the business network and assets into segments comprising their respective well-defined security controls. Policy is also kept among the segments, down to anything on the individual operation, procedure, or system. Those controls ensure these functions facilitate only communication with other processes that are essential for doing them.
These measures aren’t only about blocking lateral movement, but also about detecting the presence of threats. There are five important parts to building a strong ransomware defense strategy:
To ensure your organization does not fall victim to ransomware, you need to:
Terrareagle gives you this close attention to physical assets and application processes, which aids you inventory important hardware and resources much more precisely, in contrast to other tools. With this thorough understanding of your network setup, you can handle activities rapidly, triggering action items that can thwart an attack.
Establish stability around mission-critical workloads, backups, file servers, and databases with software-defined segmentation. Terraeagle policies can block access between people, applications, and devices to prevent lateral movements without triggering false positives.
Detect any blocked access attempts to segmented applications and backups through alerts. We might also look at the behavior of unfamiliar domains and processes that may trigger an alert. Rapid detection of an attack limits the time that an assailant remains available, which substantially increases your chances for successful capture.
Terraeagle’s automatic threat containment and quarantine features can effectively respond to threats. In the event of an attack, Terraeagle’s isolation rules allow a quick disconnection of affected points of the network and facilitates a limiting of network access to critical applications and systems.
Use visualization capabilities that restore connectivity gradually as different areas of the network are determined to be all clear.
It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. But if you know in which to search, then you’re scanning that same haystack with a metal detector, and picturing that needle with the aid of a magnet.
Files, processes, and network activity left behind by malicious programs are signs of compromise or IOCs; they vary from malware family to family. Organizations record and catalog these traces in publicly available databases.
If a suspicious action was detected, it may indicate the presence of malicious software in your system. This can permit Terraeagle a quick identification of compromised customers.
Ransomware is a broad subject that needs unique preparation for every organization. Depending on the type of business and industry, there are numerous different threats, attack vectors, and approaches.
Perhaps that’s why so many companies avoid creating ransomware prevention plans. And it really does seem like a daunting task. But don’t let that stop you even a basic strategy is better than no strategy at all. And a lot of smaller businesses can keep it basic.
Just remember the generation old wisdom — better safe, than sorry.
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