CompTIA Cloud+ (CV1-003) — Question 23

An SQL injection vulnerability was reported on a web application, and the cloud platform team needs to mitigate the vulnerability while it is corrected by the development team.
Which of the following controls will BEST mitigate the risk of exploitation?

Answer options

• A. DLP
• B. HIDS
• C. NAC
• D. WAF

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions are designed to monitor and protect sensitive data, making them effective against SQL injection by preventing unauthorized data access. Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), Network Access Control (NAC), and Web Application Firewalls (WAF) serve different purposes and may not directly mitigate the risk as effectively as DLP in this specific context.