COMMENTARY--Worms and viruses often target specific vulnerabilities in common software. But what if the terms were reversed? Rather than attacking the vulnerability of software for malicious purposes, ...

<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 ...

Staying current with vendor security alerts, assessing the risk that these vulnerabilities pose to your business and testing and applying software patches to close these holes are onerous tasks that ...

For years, patch management has been one of the least glamorous yet most consequential aspects of IT operations. Vulnerabilities emerge daily, and while most administrators know the importance of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Serial technology CEO covering all things IT & Tech. Recent cybersecurity events, highlighted by a major breach at ICBC bank, have ...

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 ...

BOSTON, July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Rapid7, Inc. (RPD) (NASDAQ: RPD), a leader in threat detection and exposure management, announced the release of Active Patching, a fully 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 ...

VIctorian-based Kingston City Council has rolled out an automated patching system to ease internal audit requirements and ensure remote workers use secure corporate equipment. In recent months, ...

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