COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS COMPUTER SECURITY
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Vulnerabilities are weaknesses and Patches are fixes
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Patches are weaknesses and Vulnerabilities are fixes
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Patches and Vulnerabilities are both fixes
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Patches and vulnerabilities are the same
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main difference between patch management and vulnerability management is that patch management is the operational process of applying remediations (patches) to vulnerable systems. Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, scanning and prioritizing vulnerabilities for remediation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hardware vulnerability: A hardware vulnerability is an attackable flaw in a computer system that allows access to the system hardware physically or remotely. Software vulnerability: Software flaws, glitches, or weaknesses that could provide an attacker access to a system are known as software vulnerabilities.
Detailed explanation-3: -A software patch or fix is a quick-repair job for a piece of programming designed to resolve functionality issues, improve security or add new features. Throughout its lifetime, software will run into problems called bugs. A patch is the immediate fix to those problems.