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Navigating the Patchwork: Strategic Solutions for Vulnerability Management Challenges

Discover the recent changes and challenges in the patch management industry, including the increasing exploits and continuous patch releases. Learn about the rise in zero-day vulnerabilities and the need for a risk-based approach to vulnerability remediation. Explore the features of the Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management solution, including configuring patch policies for routine maintenance, priority updates, and zero-day response. See a demonstration of the compliance reporting feature.

Patch Management: A Guide to Protect Systems from Cyberattacks

Code, deploy, repeat. As a developer, your days are a whirlwind of Git commits, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines. In the rush to ship new features and hit those sprint goals, it's easy to overlook the less glamorous aspects of software maintenance. But one often-neglected practice could be the difference between a stable, secure system and a compromised system. Enter patch management, a key DevOps tool in your arsenal to safeguard your systems.

What is Linux Patch Management? Overview & Best Practices

In this article, you will learn more about what is Linux Patch Management, its importance, common challenges, key components, tools, and effective strategies. Managing patches is necessary to maintain a secure, stable and high-performing Linux environment. Whether you’re a systems administrator, IT manager, or responsible for keeping Linux systems running smoothly, mastering the process of identifying, testing, and deploying patches plays an important role in safeguarding your infrastructure.

In-Depth Guide to Optimizing IT Asset Management with Advanced Software Solutions

Are you overwhelmed by the challenge of tracking your IT assets and managing their usage effectively? If you're struggling with the complexity of monitoring numerous hardware devices, software licenses, and ensuring everything is in order, it might be time for a change.

Effective Modern Patch Management Processes and Best Practices for Patch Operations

Running a risk-based vulnerability management program is essential to maintaining a secure business computing environment. In a previous blog, “How Implementing Risk-Based Patch Management Prioritizes Active Exploits,” I provided perspective on how to prioritize vulnerabilities. Honing the operational aspect of securing your systems is essential to that process. Conducting patch operations in your organization can be a complicated process.
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Improving Patch and Vulnerability Management with Proactive Security Analysis

Vulnerability management is the continuous process of identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in an organization's IT infrastructure, while patch management is the process of accessing, testing, and installing patches that fix bugs or address known security vulnerabilities in software applications. Vulnerability management and patch management are crucial SecOps processes that protect IT assets against cyber threats and prevent unauthorized access to secure systems. Effectiveness in patch management and vulnerability management depends on a proactive approach to cybersecurity where enterprise SecOps teams take steps to anticipate and prevent cyber attacks before they happen.

CDK Global: A Cold-Hearted Reminder of Why Patch Management Matters

A few weeks ago, CDK Global, a software provider with 15,000 North American car dealership customers, faced back-to-back cyberattacks, effectively taking down scheduling, records, and more for their thousands of customers for days. The CDK Global attack is also the latest cyber incident to spur larger industry-wide conversations around the supply chain risks posed by increasingly ruthless and aggressive bad actors.

The Patch Management Process: A Full Overview (Plus the Steps Most Teams Miss)

A patch management process lays out the steps associated with updating software and hardware. Every patch management process shares a few core similarities, but with so many tools for managing patching in so many different kinds of setups, no two IT teams’ patch management processes look alike. What does your patch management process look like? Are you always ahead of the game and ready to patch on time, or are you usually behind schedule and not sure where you’re getting stuck?