Comments on: 4 Reasons for Implementing Patch Management Software http://www.gfi.com/blog/4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tana George http://www.gfi.com/blog/4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-28302 Tana George Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:37:26 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3176#comment-28302 @Rory Your procedures prove that if there is a will, there is a way. :)

]]> By: Douglas the Bounty Hunter http://www.gfi.com/blog/4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-27172 Douglas the Bounty Hunter Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:38:03 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3176#comment-27172 Aside from maximizing security and fixing bugs, patches are also applied for proprietary issues.

One great example is the patch done by Sony to the PS3 system. In 2009, the PS3 was jailbroken. As a result, owners can now play, share, download, and copy games for free (without paying or buying the $60 physical blueray disk or downloading it from the PlayStation Network). Players can now exchange and copy games with each other without restrictions, just like friends sharing movies or mp3s.

To combat this, Sony recently implemented a patch that will make the PS3 unit resist any jailbreak.

]]> By: Rory Breen http://www.gfi.com/blog/4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-26909 Rory Breen Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:27:21 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3176#comment-26909 I agree with Tana, however in my previous role I managed Microsoft Patch deployment product and we followed this process:-

- Workstation patches were installed immediately into the test group
- 1 week later the same patches were then applied to the rest of the company
- Patches were installed immediately.

- Server patches were initially approved into the test group only
- 1 week later the same patches were then approved to all servers.
- Patches were manually installed at the next scheduled server outage

Service Packs were applied after detailed testing.

]]> By: Tana George http://www.gfi.com/blog/4-reasons-implementing-patch-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-26673 Tana George Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=3176#comment-26673 For a large network patch management software is a must because it saves so much time and effort. There is hardly an admin, who doesn’t know that patches are vital to security but also there is hardly an admin who has never experienced how a patch can go wrong and damage a working system. Probably the reluctance to install patches the minute they become available is due to such harsh experiences in the past. Otherwise, nobody denies that hackers take advantage of unpatched systems and we shouldn’t leave our systems vulnerable.

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