Ransomware protection with Zero Trust Segmentation
Illumio provides protection that contains ransomware at the source
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The problem with ransomware
Organizations' assets and operations are being targeted by criminal gangs using more sophisticated ransomware with better evasion techniques. Defenses are regularly breached with detection systems, and need to work harder to identify and respond. Illumio ransomware protection contains the attack at the source, preserving the resilience of your organization.
Ransomware protection is a resilience issue
Ransomware attacks can prevent an organization from delivering its primary service.
Organizations are vulnerable to more targeted ransomware attacks on IT and OT environments.
Successful attacks can damage an organization's reputation, operations and revenue.
Ransomware statistics
76%76% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the last two years.
- 70%
70% of ransomware incidents create more than several days of business disruption.
- 79%
79% of incident response engagements are ransomware related.
How does ransomware propagate?
MITRE ATT&CK® tactics essential to ransomware
Network discovery helps the attacker build a better understanding of the target environment — what exists, how are they interconnected, what is accessible.
Stop this and the attacker has less useful information about the victim’s network — the net effect is that they are either limited in the progress they can make or are forced to change their tactics to gather the same information, increasing the chances of detection.
Lateral movement enables the attacker to move to the next target or intermediary victim.
Stop this and the attack cannot progress any further, significantly reducing the number of compromised resources.
Ransomware attacks follow a very predictable method of spreading across hybrid IT once they have successfully entered an organization. Two of the key tactics employed in this process are “network and domain discovery” and “lateral movement."
Limiting or preventing network discovery and lateral movement severely hampers the progress of the attack. However, doing this successfully has been a challenge for organizations due to:
Poor visibility
A lack of visibility makes it difficult to identify potential weak points in the system, and monitor the movements of the attacker.
Too many open ports
Commonly used ports left open create pathways for ransomware to quickly spread and take over the organization.
A lack of proactive security defenses
Relying solely on detection-based solutions has shown to be too slow in stopping an attack.
Zero Trust Segmentation directly addresses lateral movement and other challenges
Contains ransomware attacks
Maintains the resiliency of the business
Makes organizations less vulnerable to targeted attacks
Protects operations, revenue, and reputation
How Zero Trust Segmentation mitigates ransomware
For organizations focused on improving their cyber resilience, Illumio identifies where they are most exposed and, through Zero Trust Segmentation, drastically reduces both their exposed attack surface and the ability of an attacker to spread.
How does Illumio help?
Protect high-value assets
Isolate ransomware at its point of entry — without complex detection methods or making changes to the network — proactively or reactively.
Identify risks to the organization
Understand your highest security risks and see all dependencies. Enforce informed security policies.
Build long-term ransomware protection
Enhance defense-in-depth with Zero Trust Segmentation. Easily identify and protect high-value assets.
The world’s largest organizations stop ransomware from spreading with Illumio
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