A system administrator is conducting baseline audit and determines that a web server is missing several critical
updates. Which of the following actions should the administrator perform first to correct the issue?

A.
Open a service ticket according to the patch management plan

B.
Disconnect the network interface and use the administrative management console to perform the updates

C.
Perform a backup of the server and install the require patches

D.
Disable the services for the web server but leave the server alone pending patch updates