Giving the Incident Response Team the Responsibility for Patch Management

question 36

True/False

Giving the incident response team the responsibility for patch management (for example,acquiring,testing,and distributing patches to the appropriate administrators and users throughout the organization)is generally not recommended.

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Definitions:

Gratuitous Agent

An agent who receives no compensation for his or her services.

Fiduciary Duty

An obligation to act in the best interest of another party, such as a trustee for a beneficiary.

Apparent Authority

An agent’s ability to affect the principal’s legal relations. Consent must be communicated to the third party.

Restatement (Third)

The third update to a set of model civil and criminal statutes designed to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve American law.