Exam Network-and-Security-Foundation Topic 1 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for WGU's Network-and-Security-Foundation exam
Question #: 20
Topic #: 1
A company is specifically worried about buffer overflow attacks.
Which strategy should be used as a mitigation against this type of attack?

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Detecting code vulnerabilitiesthroughregular security audits, code reviews, and static analysis toolshelps prevent buffer overflow attacks. Developers should implementbounds checking,memory-safe programming languages, and input validationto mitigate risks.
* Disabling cachingdoes not prevent buffer overflow attacks.
* Server-side validationhelps with input security but does not directly address buffer overflows.
* Intrusion protection softwaremay detect attacks but does not prevent vulnerabilities in code.

by York at Mar 24, 2025, 09:43 AM

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