SEC 435 Week 4 Discussion

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 Week 4 Discussion

"SQL Injection Attacks and Prevention" Select one of the following and discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and have at least one response to another student of at least one paragraph:

• Read Sammut, T., & Schiffman, M. (2013, April 5). Understanding SQL Injection. Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/sql_injection.html. 

Read Wichers, D., Manico, J., & Seil, M. (2014, April 12). SQL Injection Prevention Cheat Sheet. Retrieved from https://www.owasp.org/index.php/SQL_Injection_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.

Describe the major concerns that information security professionals and SQL database administrators should have with SQL injection attacks. Additionally, provide the key reasons why you believe such attacks are popular among hackers, both malicious and ethical. Justify your response.

• Suggest what you believe to be the two most critical best practices for protecting against SQL injection attacks, and establish whether or not you believe that there are significant efforts for security professionals who implement these best practices. Provide a rationale for your response.

• Any current topic or article related to penetration techniques.