CompTIA Security+ Question I-40

Which of the following practices is used to mitigate a known security vulnerability?

A. Application fuzzing
B. Patch management
C. Password cracking
D. Auditing security logs

Answer: B

Explanation:
Patch management is the process of maintaining the latest source code for applications and operating systems by applying the latest vendor updates. This helps protect a systems from new attacks and vulnerabilities that have recently become known.