CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 (V7) Practice Question

Regular updates provide the latest malware signatures, intrusion indicators, spam patterns, and other threat intelligence to all integrated detection engines (antivirus, IDS/IPS, anti-spam, etc.). Without these updates, the UTM's ability to recognize and block new or rapidly evolving attacks degrades over time, leaving the organization exposed. Updating device drivers, eliminating single points of failure, or enabling traffic-balancing features are important administrative tasks but are not the primary reason that keeping the threat database current is critical.