What does the Cisco PSIRT issue for significant security issues that directly involve Cisco products and require an upgrade, fix, or other customer action?

Question

Options

• ACisco Security Advisories
• BCisco Security Responses
• CCisco Security Notices
• DCisco Security Bulletins

• A
  88% (35)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Cisco Security Advisories (A) are the formal documents issued by Cisco PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) when a significant vulnerability directly affects Cisco products and requires customer action - such as applying a patch, upgrading software, or implementing a workaround. Advisories carry the highest urgency and include CVE identifiers, CVSS scores, and remediation steps.

Security Responses (B) are issued when Cisco products are affected by third-party vulnerabilities (e.g., OpenSSL) but typically don't require the same level of immediate action. Security Notices (C) cover informational topics or non-exploitable issues that don't demand upgrades. Security Bulletins (D) are not a standard Cisco PSIRT publication category - this is a distractor borrowing terminology from other vendors (e.g., Microsoft).

Memory tip: Think "Advisory = Action required." When Cisco PSIRT says you must do something, they issue an Advisory - the most actionable and urgent of the three real document types (Advisories > Responses > Notices, in descending urgency).

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