Which of the following functions describes Patch management?

Question

Options

• ADetermining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of operating system and application updates.
• BDetermining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of incremental system backups.
• CDetermining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of router table updates.
• DDetermining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of permission propagations.

• A
  95% (61)
• B
  2% (1)
• D
  3% (2)

Explanation

Patch management is the process of identifying, acquiring, testing, and applying software patches (fixes, security updates, and feature updates) to operating systems and applications. It involves three core activities: evaluating appropriateness (does this patch apply to our environment? does it fix a known vulnerability?), determining the platform destination (which systems need this patch?), and scheduling the deployment (when and how will it be rolled out to minimize disruption?). The other options describe different IT processes: incremental backups fall under backup and recovery management; router table updates are part of network/routing administration; and permission propagation is part of identity and access management.

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