A retail company operates hundreds of point-of-sale (POS) terminals across its branches. The IT director decides to configure the endpoint security software on these terminals to perform automatic daily signature updates directly from the vendor, rather than relying on branch managers to manually download and apply update patches each week.
Explain two reasons why this automated update strategy is more effective at protecting the company's network against cyber security threats.
41 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Methods to detect and prevent cyber security threats, covering Methods to detect and prevent cyber security threats. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.