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Ransomware Readiness Assessment

The Question Is Not If You Will Be Targeted. It Is Whether You Will Be Ready.

Ransomware readiness assessment for Indian businesses. Evaluate prevention controls, detection capabilities, backup integrity, and recovery procedures against modern ransomware threats.

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What Is Ransomware Readiness Assessment?

Ransomware Readiness Assessment evaluates your organisation's ability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from a ransomware attack — testing your technical controls, backup integrity, incident response procedures, and business continuity plans against modern ransomware tactics.

Ransomware is the most impactful cyber threat facing Indian businesses today. Indian organisations faced a 53% increase in ransomware attacks in 2024, with average ransom demands exceeding ₹5 crore for mid-sized companies. More critically, even organisations that pay the ransom experience an average of 23 days of operational disruption.

This assessment does not just check if you have antivirus software. We evaluate whether your entire defence chain — from initial attack prevention through detection, containment, and recovery — would hold up against a modern ransomware operation like LockBit, BlackCat, or Akira.

Why Your Business Needs This

Most Indian businesses believe they are protected against ransomware because they have antivirus software and take backups. In reality, modern ransomware operators spend weeks inside your network before encrypting anything — disabling security tools, deleting backups, and exfiltrating data for double extortion.

Common ransomware readiness gaps we find in Indian organisations include backup systems that are connected to the same network as production (and would be encrypted along with everything else), endpoint detection tools that are installed but not properly configured or monitored, no network segmentation — meaning ransomware can spread from one compromised workstation to every server, incident response plans that exist on paper but have never been tested, and no tested recovery procedures — the organisation has never actually tried restoring from backups.

A proper ransomware readiness assessment tests all of these elements and gives you a clear picture of whether your organisation would survive a ransomware attack — and what you need to fix.

What You Get

check_circle Prevention control assessment — email security, endpoint protection, patch management, access controls
check_circle Detection capability evaluation — can your team identify a ransomware attack in progress?
check_circle Backup integrity testing — are your backups actually recoverable and protected from encryption?
check_circle Recovery procedure validation — how long would it actually take to restore operations?
check_circle Incident response plan review and tabletop exercise
check_circle Specific recommendations to close the gaps that ransomware operators exploit

Our Approach

Prevention Assessment (Day 1-4): We evaluate your email security, endpoint protection, patch management, network segmentation, access controls, and user awareness training — the controls that should prevent ransomware from gaining initial access and spreading.

Detection and Response Assessment (Day 4-7): We evaluate your ability to detect ransomware activity — lateral movement, privilege escalation, backup deletion, and encryption initiation. We review your incident response plan and conduct a tabletop exercise simulating a ransomware scenario.

Backup and Recovery Testing (Day 7-10): We test the integrity and recoverability of your backup systems — verifying that backups are isolated from production, that they are actually restorable, and measuring actual recovery time against your business continuity requirements.

Risk Report and Roadmap (Day 10-12): Comprehensive assessment report with a prioritised remediation roadmap — organised by what will have the most impact against ransomware specifically, not generic security recommendations.

Real Results for Indian Businesses

A manufacturing company in Pune discovered that their 'offline' backup tapes were actually connected to the backup server via an always-on iSCSI connection — meaning ransomware that compromised the backup server could encrypt the tapes too. Their recovery time objective was 4 hours, but actual test recovery took 72 hours.

A hospital chain in Maharashtra found that their endpoint protection was installed on only 60% of workstations, was running outdated signatures on 80% of those, and the management console had not been checked in 3 months. Ransomware targeting healthcare in India had increased 200% in the prior year.

An IT services company in Bengaluru discovered through our tabletop exercise that their incident response plan assumed 4 people would be available within 30 minutes — but 2 of those people had left the company 6 months ago and were never replaced in the plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a penetration test?expand_more
No. A ransomware readiness assessment evaluates your overall readiness — prevention, detection, response, and recovery. We do not actually deploy ransomware in your environment. If you want to test whether your defences would stop a real attack, we recommend combining this assessment with a red team engagement.
How often should we assess ransomware readiness?expand_more
At minimum annually, or after any significant infrastructure changes. Given the rapid evolution of ransomware tactics, quarterly reviews of key controls (backup integrity, endpoint protection, patch levels) are recommended.
What is double extortion ransomware?expand_more
Modern ransomware groups first steal your data, then encrypt it. They threaten to publish the stolen data publicly if you do not pay — even if you can restore from backups. This means backups alone are not sufficient; you also need to prevent the initial breach and data exfiltration.
Do you help with actual ransomware incidents?expand_more
Yes. If your organisation is currently experiencing a ransomware attack, contact us immediately. We provide incident response support including containment, forensics, recovery assistance, and communication guidance.

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