Free CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Practice Question

A cyber security analyst is tasked with implementing a control to mitigate a recently discovered buffer overflow vulnerability within a critical application. Which of the following is the BEST control to implement in order to directly address the vulnerability?

  • Increasing the size of buffers within the application to accommodate larger amounts of data.

  • Input validation to control the amount and type of data accepted by the application.

  • Creating backups of application data to ensure it can be restored in the event of data corruption.

  • Installing a web application firewall (WAF) to monitor incoming traffic and block potential attacks.

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CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 / 
Vulnerability Management
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