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SY0-501 · Question #551

Several workstations on a network are found to be on OS versions that are vulnerable to a specific attack. Which of the following is considered to be a corrective action to combat this vulnerability?

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Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 4, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations

Question

Several workstations on a network are found to be on OS versions that are vulnerable to a specific attack. Which of the following is considered to be a corrective action to combat this vulnerability?

Options

  • AInstall an antivirus definition patch
  • BEducate the workstation users
  • CLeverage server isolation
  • DInstall a vendor-supplied patch
  • EInstall an intrusion detection system

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#patch management#vulnerability remediation#corrective controls#OS patching
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