Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Windows Ransomware Detection and Protection

You're reading from   Windows Ransomware Detection and Protection Securing Windows endpoints, the cloud, and infrastructure using Microsoft Intune, Sentinel, and Defender

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246345
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Marius Sandbu Marius Sandbu
Author Profile Icon Marius Sandbu
Marius Sandbu
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Ransomware Basics
2. Chapter 1: Ransomware Attack Vectors and the Threat Landscape FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Building a Secure Foundation 4. Part 2:Protect and Detect
5. Chapter 3: Security Monitoring Using Microsoft Sentinel and Defender 6. Chapter 4: Ransomware Countermeasures – Windows Endpoints, Identity, and SaaS 7. Chapter 5: Ransomware Countermeasures – Microsoft Azure Workloads 8. Chapter 6: Ransomware Countermeasures – Networking and Zero-Trust Access 9. Chapter 7: Protecting Information Using Azure Information Protection and Data Protection 10. Part 3:Assume Breach
11. Chapter 8: Ransomware Forensics 12. Chapter 9: Monitoring the Threat Landscape 13. Chapter 10: Best Practices for Protecting Windows from Ransomware Attacks 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Ransomware Countermeasures – Networking and Zero-Trust Access

As I mentioned in the first chapter, most ransomware attacks either start with a compromised device or a vulnerable service that is externally available, such as a VPN or VDI, which attackers then exploit.

Regardless, most of these attacks provide the attacker with a foot in the door and then give them a way to gain further access to the infrastructure.

Most of these attacks are prevented if the end user device does not have access to the infrastructure or the service is not externally available.

Therefore, in this chapter, using a zero-trust-based access model, we will go through the alternatives for how we can ensure that users and administrators can securely access services externally but without the same risks.

We will also explore some best practices regarding network segmentation and security for Windows-based workloads and how we can secure our external web services from Distributed Denial-of-Service...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image