Security flaws not yet addressed by updates.

• A. Productivity Tools
• B. Cybersecurity Landscape
• C. Unpatched Vulnerabilities
• D. Visibility

Answer: (C)

Understanding vulnerability management means focusing on flaws in software or systems that still have not been fixed. When a security flaw has a patch available but hasn’t been applied, it remains an unpatched vulnerability. These are the weaknesses attackers commonly target because there’s a proven fix, but the fix hasn’t been deployed yet, leaving an exposure that a defender should prioritize and remediate. Recognizing this term helps you connect the dots to patch management and remediation practices that reduce the attack surface.

Productivity tools, while important for efficiency, are simply software used for work and aren’t a description of security flaws. The cybersecurity landscape refers to the broad environment of threats and defenses, not a specific category of vulnerabilities. Visibility describes the ability to see and monitor activity across the environment, which supports defense but isn’t the term for flaws that haven’t been updated yet.