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1. Patch Management

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Critical Update - SW code for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security bug in the SW. Ex, Google chrome kept crashing each time you tried to load FB, it would have to do an update to correct this.

2. Hotfix

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Critical Update - SW code for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security bug in the SW. Ex, Google chrome kept crashing each time you tried to load FB, it would have to do an update to correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

3. Restricting Access to Applications (Black list)

A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. Critical Update - SW code for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security bug in the SW. Ex, Google chrome kept crashing each time you tried to load FB, it would have to do an update to correct this.The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

4. Categories of Updates (2 of 5)

Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Critical Update - SW code for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security bug in the SW. Ex, Google chrome kept crashing each time you tried to load FB, it would have to do an update to correct this.The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

5. To remain a TOS

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.The SW manufacturer must routinely provide patches and updates to the to maintain its security. Why MS/MAC...often update to keep things secure.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

6. Patches/Hotfix

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Today, essentially they are interchangeable. In the past, a patch required a reboot whereas a hotfix did not.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

7. 4 Steps of Patch Management (Testing)

Always test a patch prior to automating its deployment.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

8. TOS Updating current versions of SW updates you need to?

9. What Windows 10 uses to make its updates

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.it uses the Windows UPdate program (wuapp.exe) to manage updates. Most home users set to automatic, company may do manual so they can test the updates prior to rolling them out to all PC/Servers.

10. To convert FAT32 to NTFS

11. Group Policies

A set of rules or policies hat can be applied to a set of users or PC account within the OS. Create rules like Password complexity, account lockout policy, SW and App restrictions.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

12. Windows NTFS file system

New Technology File System - is the default file system format for Windows and is more secure b/c it support logging, encryption, larger partition sizes, and larger file sizes than FAT32.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

13. Categories of Updates (5 of 5)

Driver Update - Udated device driver to fix a security issue or add a feature to a supported piece of hardware. Ex, update for a Network card to increase its efficiency on how it send/receive data.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.

14. To access Group Policy Editor by

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Opening the RUN prompt and enter gpedit for windows. Create rules like Password complexity, account lockout policy, SW and App restrictions.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

15. OSX APFS (apple file system) file system

This is similar to Linux ext4 or Windows NTFSThe process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

16. Linux ext4 file system

17. Restricting Access to Applications (White list)

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. Application Whitelist - Only apps that are on the list (explicitly allowed) are allowed to be run by the OS while all other apps are blocked. MUCH more Secure as things are denied by default and MUCH more difficult to manage.

18. 4 Steps of Patch Management (Auditing)

Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.It is important to AUDIT the clients status after patch deployment via SCCM.

19. Security Template

20. Trusted Operating System (TOS)

An operating system that provides sufficient support for multilevel security and evidence of correctness to meet a particular set of government requirements.The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example.

21. 4 Steps of Patch Management (Planning)

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. Consist of creating policies, procedures and systems. Verify it is compatible with your systems and PLAN for how you will test and deploy it.. USE MBSAA single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.

22. Baseline Image

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Utilize a secure baseline image when adding new computers. This will be minimum apps, OS config...then allow apps, programs to be added as needed...via group polices or things add up on PCs that are no longer needed. Example, new version of Adobe might be added, but it may not delete the old version and that takes up space and increases risk. The policies will also have to be updated and changed over time as well.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.

23. TOS is in Windows/Mac/FreeBSD/Red Hat versions for OS/Server

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Windows 7 and newer. Mac OS X 10.6 and newer. FreeBSD (TrustedBSD) if loaded trusted BSD extensions. Red Hat Enterprise Server. There are others, but much less popular than these.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.

24. Categories of Updates (4 of 5)

The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.Windows Update - Recommended update to fix noncritical problem that users have found, as well as to provide additional features or capabilities.Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.

25. Level of Security of a system is effected by FILE SYSTEM

Blacklist - All apps are allowed to run unless explicitly denied. Problem, every version of malware could possibly be ran until you add to blacklist. Several versions of something my be on a PC for example. The process of planning, testing, implementing and auditing of SW patches. Important as each vendor provides their own patches and you need to track these to ensure they get installed properly to your environment. This allows for testing to ensure a patch to fix one thing, does not mess up another thing. Patches can have bugs.its FILE SYSTEM type such as NTFS, FAT32, ext4, HFS+, APFS. Windows system can utilize NTFS or FAT32.A single problem-fixing piece of SW for an OS or application. Essentially, when you find a bug, patches should correct this.

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