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Following basic security practices for patch management strategies is only partially solved by better tools and culture shifts, say IT experts. Enterprise security patching remains a challenge despite ...

Neglecting regular patch management can create gaping security holes, leaving agencies susceptible to malware, ransomware and other attacks. In fact, according to Sophos, almost a quarter of state and ...

Patches are now a major part of any system administrator's life - but what is the most effective way to keep network security up to date without it becoming a full-time job? Nobody knows when the ...

Hoping to better protect themselves against escalating security threats such as the W32.Blaster worm, user companies are taking a fresh look at automated patch management technologies. These products, ...

So why do these intruders continue to wreak such havoc? Because patch management is tough. It’s tough because there are too many patches and not enough time, and because exploits to announced ...

There are more vulnerabilities around than ever. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report highlighted an almost 200% growth in the exploitation of vulnerabilities in 2023. In the first seven ...

Shavlik Technologies, St. Paul, Minn., last week released the first major upgrade to its Microsoft patch management product, HFNetChkPro, while BigFix, Emeryville, Calif., recently rolled out a tool ...

The enterprise versions of patch management products are not designed for very small offices, and there are no personal editions of such tools. The enterprise versions of patch management products are ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could use free patch management security software on up to 50 computers forever? Many small businesses with fewer than 50 computers could use the product for free for a ...

The delay is the second to be announced this week by the software giant, which is maintaining an ambitious workload for its developers. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' ...

Microsoft Monday said that the ship date on its Windows Update Services patch management tool has slipped yet again, this time into the first half of 2005. Microsoft said Monday that the ship date for ...