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, ...

Users and developers have hailed Linux as the operating system that "just works," celebrating it for decades as a symbol of open source strength, speed, ...

Patch management is both a security process and a system management task. We investigate the best patch managers available on the market, so you can make an informed decision. Patch management is an ...

Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...

Successful patch management requires planning, processes, testing, integration of multiple security tools. Davidson Healthcare in Lexington, N.C., got a wake-up call recently when a vulnerability scan ...

FAIRFAX, Va., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A universal law enforcement axiom states that criminals prefer to trespass through vulnerable open or unlocked doors or windows. In the IT and software ...

Rapid7, Inc. has announced the launch of Active Patching, an automated patching and remediation solution integrated into its Exposure Command platform, designed to enhance security for IT teams. As ...

Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. According to an International Monetary Fund report, the global cost of cyber crime is projected to reach $23tn by 2027, a staggering 175% ...

Most large organizations have patch management and antivirus scanning nailed. They use enterprise systems management tools to automate the entire process and don’t worry about vulnerabilities. Many ...

Keeping systems secure without jeopardizing reliability, productivity or customer trust is a high-stakes responsibility for IT teams. Reactive or ad hoc patching can unintentionally increase risk by ...

Automatic Program Repair (APR) and software bug management have become pivotal areas of research as modern software systems grow in scale and complexity. APR techniques aim to automatically generate ...

<p>eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...