Checking Risk And Vulnerability Factors Of Web Application

Question

The company CEO learned that input validation of user entered data to Order Entry Internet web application is one major security risk that the company must address comprehensively and thoroughly. He asked you, as the resident security expert, to propose several techniques to protect against and secure user input to the Order Entry Internet web application.

Download the vulnerability scanner application from this website https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerability-scanner/download/

After installing it evaluate its features and answer in a Word document the following:

·    Discuss five application vulnerabilities it could possibly detect in the Order Entry application.
·    Discuss three database vulnerabilities it could possibly detect in the Order Entry application.
·    Compare its features with the features of Fiddler debugging tool, please note that the Fiddler debugging tool is found on this website https://telerik.com/fiddler


Summary

The question belongs to Computer Science and it discusses about order entry application of a company which has major risk factor. This risk factor needs to be reduced. A vulnerability scanner needs to be downloaded and check the order entry application for vulnerabilities.

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