Information Security Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

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Data Validation

An application that works with data in any fashion must provide facilities to ensure

that the data it receives, processes, returns, and displays is correct.

is is a highly detailed topic with many possible methods to ensure the integ-

rity of the data and the system. Many of the questions included in the section above

on specifying will help the project team to more fully flesh out how to handle this

area. If the data being collected in a web-based form is not properly handled, it

could allow a hacker to read your entire database or even destroy it. Similarly, if ...