A cloud infrastructure administrator updated the IP tables to block incoming connections and outgoing responses to 104.225.110.203. Which of the following vulnerability management steps is this an…

The correct answer is B. Remediation. Vulnerability management follows a lifecycle: Identification (discovering vulnerabilities), Assessment (evaluating severity and risk), Remediation (taking corrective action), and Verification (confirming the fix worked). Blocking a specific IP address via IP tables is a…

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A cloud infrastructure administrator updated the IP tables to block incoming connections and outgoing responses to 104.225.110.203. Which of the following vulnerability management steps is this an example of?

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AScanning scope
BRemediation
CIdentification
DAssessment

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A
15% (4)
B
74% (20)
C
4% (1)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

Vulnerability management follows a lifecycle: Identification (discovering vulnerabilities), Assessment (evaluating severity and risk), Remediation (taking corrective action), and Verification (confirming the fix worked). Blocking a specific IP address via IP tables is a corrective action taken in response to an identified threat - this is remediation. The threat has already been identified and assessed; now the administrator is actively fixing it by cutting off communication with that IP. Scanning scope defines what systems are included in a vulnerability scan. Identification is the earlier step of discovering the threat. Assessment evaluates the risk but does not yet act on it.

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#Vulnerability management#Remediation#Network security#Firewall rules

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