Years ago I started with just one Win 2000 server. I felt that the "right thing" to do before patching a server was to:<BR><BR>1) Backup the C: partition with Ghost or NTBackup [involves a ...

I'm curious how you guys patch your production servers - especially in light of the recent RPC vulnerabilities.<BR><BR>I think most companies have been slow in patching their internal servers - ...

I am new to the company where I work and responsible for the patch management process, before I started here there was none. Now I have implemented a patch management process, but we have a server ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

One surprising finding from Nemertes’ recent security research is that, the more critical a server, the longer it takes to get patched. Not only are most critical servers patched manually (slower but ...

Vast swathes of companies were likely compromised before patches were applied, so the danger remains. The patching level for Microsoft Exchange Servers that are vulnerable to the ProxyLogon group of ...

The massive SolarWinds hack last year affected many companies and government institutions but, all throughout, Microsoft insisted that its infrastructure wasn't used to propagate the vulnerability.

For managers of enterprise datacenters, the endless stream of security patches from Microsoft, Oracle, and other software vendors (not to mention open source projects) has been a prime source of ...