A bad actor bypasses authentication and reveals all records in a database through an SQL injection. Implementation of which of the following would work BEST to prevent similar attacks in the future?
A) Strict input validation
B) Blacklisting
C) SQL patching
D) Content filtering
E) Output encoding

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Strict input validation is the best method to prevent SQL injection attacks as it ensures that only properly formatted data is accepted, preventing malicious SQL code from being executed.

A Bad Actor Bypasses Authentication and Reveals All Records in a Database