Patch Management: What to Understand Before You Install a Patch
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If you have been handed a list of systems to patch without seeing the decisions behind it, this episode is for you. Professor Simon explains what a patch management program has to understand before the first patch is deployed: the inventory, risk, business and regulatory requirements, policy, tools and testing, using a fictional teaching scenario, PatchSecure, Inc. He also shares two questions to ask about any patching program. More free resources: https://professorsimon.com/links
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