IT security firm Sophos has introduced an anti-ransomware technology for servers that has signature-less detection capabilities.
Servers are considered the jackpot for cybercriminals, since they can store confidential corporate and employee information.
Just one click on a tainted email could encrypt every file with ransomware.
As ransomware continues to terrorise organisations, the need to have technology that can detect any intrusions to the server is paramount.
IT security firm Sophos has introduced an anti-ransomware technology for servers that has signature-less detection capabilities.
CryptoGuard prevents ransomware attacks that could come in through rogue, guest or remote access users and other weaknesses in a company’s network.
“Servers are considered the jackpot for cybercriminals, since they can store confidential corporate and employee information, medical records with social security numbers or private customer documents. It would be devastating for organisations to lose this kind of sensitive data to ransomware,” said Dan Schiappa, senior vice president and general manager of Sophos’ End user and Network Security Groups.
Servers are highly susceptible to ransomware in instances where employees are allowed remote access on the network or insider cyber threats.
Just one click on a tainted email could encrypt every file with ransomware.
Most organisations back-up their data, but recovery from a backup is not always easy.
Businesses, schools or hospitals do not want the liability, hassle and operational disruption required to restore from a backup.
Anti-ransomware technology is a critical layer for the protection and ongoing accessibility of the information that resides on servers.
“Protection for servers is especially critical for our customers who allow remote desktop connections or have weak desktop credentials, which is a known vulnerability for ransomware attacks. Even our customers who have put every safeguard in place could still have an exposed server, due to that one rogue laptop someone connects into the network. Just one click on a tainted email could encrypt every file with ransomware. We’ve seen this happen with a customer, so from a technical standpoint, it’s exciting to have anti-ransomware capabilities at the server level,” said Dan Russell, chief information officer, Pine Cove Consulting.
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