The Ransomware Defence Assessment is a blended approach of both paper audit checks and hands-on manual testing, aiming to thoroughly assess your administrative and technical controls, as well as your detection processes. We also test your ability to restore business activities quickly and efficiently should a successful attack take place.
This assessment is split into 3 key areas: Audit Checks, Infrastructure Testing & Attack Simulation.
Audit Checks
Robust and regularly tested procedures, policies, guidelines, and awareness training are critical components in the business-wide approach to ransomware defence. Therefore the ‘Audit Tests’ aim to ensure that the most appropriate policies and procedures are in place along with suitable technical controls to mitigate the risk of a ransomware attack. Typical tests would include confirming backup and recovery activities, automated patch management, malware controls, CIRP and DR plans, and distribution of awareness training.
Infrastructure Testing
The infrastructure includes a wide range of hosts and services, all with unique security configurations, and each providing a key technical control.
The ‘Infrastructure Testing’ aims to provide assurance that your current configurations across your key hosts and services are effective and appropriate. Tests include confirming that mail filters block the most recently used malicious attachments, that data backups are appropriately secured, that compromised user accounts cannot easily access sensitive information, and that remote access solutions are configured with the most secure authentication controls.
Attack Simulation
The ‘Audit Checks’ and ‘Infrastructure Testing’ could be considered as part of the ‘Preparation Stage’ of incident response. However, the remaining steps from detection through to recovery should also be examined.
The ‘Simulation Tests’ aim to examine the effectiveness of your defence systems, but also the responsiveness of the IT team. The tests simulate ransomware activity in a controlled and non-disruptive way, allowing all stages of incident response to be played out, identifying any opportunities for improvement.
Client Benefits
- Includes a ransomware focused workshop with a senior consultant, discussing how the configuration of the client’s infrastructure compares with industry best-practice recommendations.
- Simulates the most probable internal and external attacks used to deliver ransomware payloads in a safe and controlled manner.
- Tests the effectiveness of the SIEM solution in detecting malicious behaviour on the infrastructure typical of an imminent ransomware attack.
- Includes an assessment of the configuration of the key technical controls in place to mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks, such as mail filters, anti-virus, and network segmentation.
- A concise report containing both technical and non-technical recommendations for how the risk of a ransomware attack on the client’s infrastructure could be reduced.
Key Benefits
- Simulates the most probable internal and external attacks used to deliver ransomwarepayloads in a safe and controlled manner.
- Tests the effectiveness of the SIEM solution in detecting malicious behaviour on the infrastructure typical of an imminent ransomware attack.
- Includes an assessment of the configuration of the key technical controls in place to mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks, such as mail filters, anti-virus, and network segmentation.
- A concise report containing both technical and non-technical recommendations for how the risk of a ransomware attack on the client’s infrastructure could be reduced.
- Includes a Ransomware focused workshop with a senior consultant, discussing how the configuration of the client’s infrastructure compares with industry best-practice recommendations.
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