Comments on: Security Patching Trends for Major Software Vendors http://www.gfi.com/blog/security-patching-trends-for-major-software-vendors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-patching-trends-for-major-software-vendors Brought to you by GFI Software Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael Boris http://www.gfi.com/blog/security-patching-trends-for-major-software-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-31865 Michael Boris Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:23:59 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=8279#comment-31865 Well, this is the reason why Apple is one of the most admired tech companies in the world. I’ve been an Apple Fan Boy for quite some time now – 15 years to be exact – and I admire how their security updates work. Even my 8-year old kid knows about them.

Their security updates are right on target with not that much technical stuff for ordinary users like me. And as you can see on the graph above, for two straight years (2010 and 2011), the company has the most number of vulnerabilities fixed by their security updates. This just proves that Apple has excellent after-sale customer service.

]]> By: J. Paul http://www.gfi.com/blog/security-patching-trends-for-major-software-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-31855 J. Paul Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:46:02 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=8279#comment-31855 It would be great if all major vendors and not only they adopted a regular patch release schedule, leaving only critical releases on as necessary basis because this would make it much easier to patch. Once a week is best for me because it isn’t too frequently but soon enough. Once in three months, as the case with Oracle is is too long. I hope Google at least will join the once-a-week group but probably their priorities are different.

]]> By: David Loeb http://www.gfi.com/blog/security-patching-trends-for-major-software-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-31851 David Loeb Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:41:37 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=8279#comment-31851 Apple patch deployment can definitely be frustrating compared to Microsoft. Certainly it seems like Windows machines have more severe security threats than OS X stations, but having a surprise patch that you need to send out all night can be a real headache as opposed to the more frequent yet predictable patches of Microsoft that you can set your watch to.

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