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CAS-005 · Question #7

A security professional is investigating a trend in vulnerability findings for newly deployed cloud systems. Given the following output: Which of the following actions would address the root cause of

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Submitted by kwame.gh· Mar 6, 2026Security Engineering

Question

A security professional is investigating a trend in vulnerability findings for newly deployed cloud systems. Given the following output:

Which of the following actions would address the root cause of this issue?

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Options

  • AAutomating the patching system to update base Images
  • BRecompiling the affected programs with the most current patches
  • CDisabling unused/unneeded ports on all servers
  • DDeploying a WAF with virtual patching upstream of the affected systems

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