CertNexus Certified Cyber Secure Coder (CSC) — Question 87

Which of the following technologies would reduce the risk of a successful SQL injection attack?

Answer options

• A. Reverse proxy
• B. Web application firewall
• C. Stateful firewall
• D. Web content filtering

Correct answer: B

Explanation

A Web application firewall is specifically designed to filter and monitor HTTP traffic to and from a web application, making it effective against SQL injection attacks. While a reverse proxy can offer some protection and stateful firewalls focus on packet filtering, they do not provide the same level of application layer security as a web application firewall. Web content filtering primarily deals with blocking unwanted content rather than protecting against SQL injections.