You are the IT security manager for a retail merchant organization that is just going online with an e-commerce website. You are hired several programmers to craft the code that is the backbone of your new web sales system. However, you are concerned that while the new code functions well, it might not be secure. You begin to review the code, systems design, and services architecture to track down issues and concerns. Which of the following do you hope to find in order to prevent to protect against XSS?

A. Input Validation

B. Defensive coding

C. Allowing script input

D. Escaping metacharacters

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Computers & Technology

Lorenzo Bowman

13 March, 02:37

You are the IT security manager for a retail merchant organization that is just going online with an e-commerce website. You are hired several programmers to craft the code that is the backbone of your new web sales system. However, you are concerned that while the new code functions well, it might not be secure. You begin to review the code, systems design, and services architecture to track down issues and concerns. Which of the following do you hope to find in order to prevent to protect against XSS?

A. Input Validation

B. Defensive coding

C. Allowing script input

D. Escaping metacharacters

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Josh Tate · Answer 1

Input validation, Allowing script input, and Escaping metacharacters

Explanation:

A programmer can implement the most effective way to prevent XSS by validating input, coding defensively, escaping metacharacters, and rejecting all script-like input.