COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A FIREWALL IN NETWORK SECURITY
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Question
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You are a newly-hired security administrator at Small Time Corporation and have been attempting to ensure all your computers are up to date with their patches. The company has a Windows domain environment and has disabled Windows Update on all of its workstations. You just heard that Microsoft released a security update this morning to prevent its Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems from falling victim to a new ransomware attack that has been spreading quickly across the country. Your company does not have a test network setup yet to test the new security update/patch. What should you do?
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Turn on Windows Update so the workstations can automatically receive the security update
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Download the security update from Microsoft’s website and manually install it on all of the workstations
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Download the security update from Microsoft’s website, manually install it on a single workstation to see if it works properly, and then install it on the rest of the workstations
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Download the security update from Microsoft’s website, ask your boss to allow you to build a test network, install and test the security update on the test network, and then install it on all your workstations and servers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Individual & SOHO Firewall: This firewall is specifically suitable for small offices that range from native OS firewalls to a special-purpose device. The single office / home office firewall provides a reasonable level of security for the majority of small office environments and homes today.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is a basic (very basic) rule based application layer firewall. It is meant to keep the system “hidden” on the network and only permit communication to and from the system from authorized applications and listening services.
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