A security administrator wants to test the reliability of an application which accepts user provided parameters. The administrator is concerned with data integrity and
availability. Which of the following should be implemented to accomplish this task?
A.
Secure coding
B.
Fuzzing
C.
Exception handling
D.
Input validation
Explanation:
Fuzzing is a software testing technique that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data to as inputs to a computer program. The program is then
monitored for exceptions such as crashes, or failed validation, or memory leaks.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Proper and secure coding can prevent many attacks, including cross-site scripting, SQL injection and buffer overflows.
C: Exception handling is an aspect of secure coding. When errors occur, the system should revert back to a secure state. This must be coded into the system by
the programmer, and should capture errors and exceptions so that they could be handled by the application.
D: Input validation is an aspect of secure coding and is intended to mitigate against possible user input attacks, such as buffer overflows and fuzzing. Input
validation checks every user input submitted to the application before processing that input. The check could be a length, a character type, a language type, or a
domain.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzz_testing
Dulaney, Emmett and Chuck Eastton, CompTIA Security+ Study Guide, Sixth Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2014, pp 218, 257
Stewart, James Michael, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2014, pp 229, 319, 320