Enter BigFix Enterprise Suite (BES) 4.0, a comprehensive security and patch management system for enterprise networks. BES automates much of the security and patching process by deploying centrally ...

Successful patch management requires the formation of a robust process to ensure timely and accurate application and security fixes within an IT environment. Throughout 2004/05, patch-management ...

As the number vulnerabilities hit a historic high, battle-worn security teams are upping their patching game. Patch management is a thankless job. Data shows, despite best efforts, that 80 percent of ...

Apple’s patching process proves that the company isn’t serious about moving Macs into the enterprise, security researchers said Monday. One dissenting expert, however, said it was unfair to compare ...

Patch management is simply the practice of updating software – most often to address vulnerabilities. Although this sounds straightforward, patch management is not an easy process for most IT ...

Next to random Windows problems and day-to-day systems management, I find patch management the nastiest task for an enterprise Windows systems admin. It’s often frustrating, time-consuming, and ...

Apple Inc.’s patching process proves that the company isn’t serious about moving Macs into the enterprise, security researchers said today. One dissenting expert, however, said it was unfair to ...

On the topic of security alerts and patches, Microsoft Corp. is undoubtedly the 800-pound gorilla. When the company publicized its strategy of issuing security alerts once a month (see story), I was ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Update patch management program has a critical shortcoming that, in some cases, could fool users into thinking they have been properly patched against some vulnerabilities ...

Editor’s Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Apple’s patching process proves that the company isn’t serious about ...

So why do these intruders continue to wreak such havoc? Because patch management is tough. It’s tough because there are too many patches and not enough time, and because exploits to announced ...