Tackle Virtual Threats with PESCARA

Your business has a website and apps. Many things could threaten virtual part of business. Virus, malware, Trojan horse and so on are additional threats. IT industry indicates that malware, virus, Trojan horse and so on are part of competitive tools. As you know, malware gathers sensitive information from your computer, and pass it on. The phrase “know what your competitor knows” makes malware a perfect virus for competing over the market.

If a business can use Trojan horse to monitor a competitor, it will use it. The best solution is to provide a strategy. PESCARA (Preparation, Extraction, Search, Change, Analyze, Research and Act) might help:

Preparation

The greatest threat with this strategy is time loop. Find out how long it takes Google Play to publish an application update. It includes knowing virus, Trojan horse, malware, and so on. You don’t have to be an expert at them. But the phrase “know your enemy” makes it necessary to familiarize yourself with them.

Extraction

It doesn’t matter if it is a website or application, we must know how to extract the files and folders from the source. Optionally, an antivirus program could scan all the extracted files and folders.

 

Search

First off, this is under the assumption that you already have the same uploaded files/folders on your computer. It is critical that you go through each file (in all folders). The search can be done in different ways. But, knowing what you inputted on website/application, it is scary to analyze and compare them to find threats. The best way to search is to copy the codes, paste them in a new Microsoft Words document, safe it (do the same to the ones on your computer), and compare the two. Any changes (additional or subtracted) will be lightened up, bringing them to your attention.

 

Change

This one assume you detect threats. You have two options. First, you could delete everything uploaded on website/application, and upload the one you currently have on your computer (this is safest). Secondly, you could change the “errors”, until all of them look exactly as the one on your computer (time consuming).

Analyze

Find out how often the website/application gets “corrupted” within a period of time. Develop questions that could help stop it from happening.

 

Research

It is about making research to find answers to questions you developed when analyzing.

Action

With all the information in your possession – what is the best thing to do? It could be best to determine how often you will follow the PESCARA process within a day/week.

In conclusion, this could help you with virus and similar threats on your website and application. However, the price is a risk of those viruses in the website/application affecting your computer. It is free, safe, and prominent.