Robust Programming Practices · Programming Concepts

Defensive Design and Validation

Implementing input validation, sanitization, and authentication to protect programs from unexpected user behavior.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we anticipate and neutralize malicious user input before it reaches the system core?
  2. 2Why is it impossible to create a perfectly secure program through validation alone?
  3. 3What are the trade-offs between user convenience and strict data validation?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Computing - ProgrammingGCSE: Computing - Software Development
Year: Year 11
Subject: Computing
Unit: Robust Programming Practices
Period: Programming Concepts

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