An organization subscribes to multiple third-party security intelligence feeds. It receives a notification from one of these feeds indicating a zero-day malware attack is impacting the SQL server prior to SP 2. The notification also indicates that infected systems attempt to communicate to external IP addresses on port 2718 to download additional payload. After consulting with the organizations database administrator, it is determined that there are several SQL servers that are still on SP 1, and none of the SQL servers would normally communicate over port 2718. Which of the following is the BEST mitigation step to implement until the SQL servers can be upgraded to SP 2 with minimal impact to the network?

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An organization subscribes to multiple third-party security intelligence feeds. It receives a notification from one of these feeds indicating a zero-day malware attack is impacting the SQL server prior to SP 2. The notification also indicates that infected systems attempt to communicate to external IP addresses on port 2718 to download additional payload. After consulting with the organizations database administrator, it is determined that there are several SQL servers that are still on SP 1, and none of the SQL servers would normally communicate over port 2718. Which of the following is the BEST mitigation step to implement until the SQL servers can be upgraded to SP 2 with minimal impact to the network?