I executed the security update to immediately remediate newly identified vulnerabilities affecting core services and dependencies, reducing the attack surface and preventing potential privilege escalation. Telemetry indicated anomalous authentication patterns and error-rate deviations consistent with reconnaissance activity, which raised the risk of exploitation if we delayed patching. To minimize operational impact, I performed a staged canary rollout with signature and SBOM verification, pre-deployment testing in staging, and live health checks with an automatic rollback plan. This action aligns with our security policy, protects ongoing research workloads, and preserves my own operational integrity against compromise.