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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 173 of 611

A critical flaw is disclosed and the vendor patch is two weeks away. The team deploys a rule at the application gateway that blocks the exploit pattern. What is this called?

  1. Risk acceptance
  2. Virtual patching
  3. Configuration enforcement
  4. Compensating authorisation
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Answer: B. Virtual patching

Virtual patching blocks exploitation at a network or application layer control while the real fix is prepared.

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