C836 WGU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

bounds checking to set a limit on the amount of data we expect to receive to set aside storage for that data *required in most programming languages * prevents buffer overflows race conditions A type of software development vulnerability that occurs when multiple processes or multiple threads within a process control or share access to a particular resource, and the correct handling of that resource depends on the proper ordering or timing of transactions input validation a type of attack that can occur when we fail to validate the input to our applications or take steps to filter out unexpected or undesirable content format string attack a type of input validation attacks in which certain print functions within a programming language can be used to manipulate or view the internal memory of an application authentication attack A type of attack that can occur when we fail to use strong authentication mechanisms for our applications authorization attack A type of attack that can occur when we fail to use authorization best practices for our applications cryptographic attack A type of attack that can occur when we fail to properly design our security mechanisms when implementing cryptog