Securing Critical Infrastructure: Mitigating Remote Access Protocol Vulnerabilities with Becrypt VDI Guard
In an increasingly hostile cyber threat landscape, remote access protocols—RDP and VDI, can become relevant targets for exploitation. While organisations improve their own cyber resilience through best practices such as network isolation, two factor authentication, and patch management, the complexity of modern enterprise software means that Zero-Day vulnerabilities and supplier weaknesses continue to present significant risks.
Exploits and Vulnerabilities in Remote Access Protocols
Despite their prominent role in modern IT infrastructure, remote access protocols remain vulnerable to critical exploits.
BlueKeep was a critical vulnerability from 2019 in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allowing remote code execution on unpatched systems. Its wormable nature made it comparable to forms of ransomware, highlighting the risk of widespread automated attacks.
VMware Vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 effecting the DCERPC protocol and allowing remote code execution and a privilege escalation vulnerability enabling root-level access – with both vulnerabilities actively exploited by November 2024.
These examples highlight an uncomfortable reality: as with all complex software remote access protocols, despite their ubiquity, remain vulnerable to exploitation. Each successful attack carries cascading operational and security consequences, emphasising the need for robust, multi-layered defenses.
Becrypt VDI Guard – Advanced Remote Access Protection
What is Becrypt VDI Guard?
Becrypt VDI Guard is specifically engineered to protect remote access protocols—RDP and VDI—from advanced cyber threats. Designed for Critical National Infrastructure environments, it offers robust security through hardware-based network traffic validation.
Key Capabilities:
✅ Comprehensive Threat Protection
- Validates network traffic across RDP, and VDI protocols.
- Mitigates both known vulnerabilities and Zero-Day exploits.
✅ Purpose-Built for Critical Environments
- Tailored to meet the stringent security requirements of CNI sectors.
- Ensures resilience against targeted, high-impact threats.
✅ Hardware-Based Traffic Validation
- Integrates with Becrypt’s High Assurance Cross Domain Solution (APP-XD).
- Enforces hardware-level validation across the network stack.
✅ Zero Trust Architecture
- Every connection undergoes strict validation and authentication.
- Minimises the attack surface by rejecting unauthorised traffic.
