Patch Panic on the VM
Identify customer-owned patching and configuration work for an IaaS virtual machine.
Critical VM alert before a partner demo The vulnerable partner portal runs on an IaaS virtual machine. What is the strongest next move? Patch or replace the guest OS from a hardened image, restrict exposure, and verify the application while the provider continues to own the lower infrastructure. Right. In IaaS, the customer owns the guest operating system, application software, and firewall configuration. The provider secures the underlying cloud infrastructure. Wait for the provider to patch the VM because any server in a cloud region is provider-operated end to end. Weaker. That treats IaaS like SaaS. The provider manages the…
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