The Importance of Regular Vulnerability Updates for Your IT Systems

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An IS auditor is responsible for ensuring that an organization's IT systems are secure and protected from vulnerabilities. To keep IT systems up-to-date regarding vulnerabilities, the IS auditor would most likely recommend patch management.

Option A, Release management, refers to the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling the release of software into a production environment. While release management is important for ensuring that software changes are properly planned and tested, it is not specifically focused on addressing vulnerabilities.

Option B, Version management, involves managing different versions of software, ensuring that each version is properly documented and tracked. Version management is important for ensuring that software changes are properly documented and tracked, but it is not specifically focused on addressing vulnerabilities.

Option D, Risk management, involves identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks to an organization's IT systems. While risk management is important for identifying potential vulnerabilities, it is not specifically focused on ensuring that IT systems are kept up-to-date regarding vulnerabilities.

Patch management, option C, refers to the process of identifying, acquiring, testing, and applying patches (or software updates) to address vulnerabilities in IT systems. This is the most likely option that an IS auditor would recommend to ensure that an organization's IT systems are effectively kept up-to-date regarding vulnerabilities.

In summary, patch management is the most appropriate option for ensuring that an organization's IT systems are kept up-to-date regarding vulnerabilities, and an IS auditor would most likely recommend this approach.