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- Manage patch deployment with these five steps
- While recently working on a network with roughly 10,000 hosts, I discovered two machines that had gone unpatched for 11 months. This might not seem like a big deal -- .02 percent of machines that remained unpatched doesn't sound too bad.But it only takes one unprotected machine to infect or...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Consumers 0, Cybercriminals 1: the public disclosure debate
- It's become great sport—and often profitable—to identify vulnerabilities in applications, operating systems, and LAN/WAN device controlling software. These activities are not in themselves a problem. It's the efforts of white hat hackers that help vendors tighten up product security and increase user awareness of high risk environments or actions. But...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Google Assessment - Patching is critical to web server security
- In a recent blog post, the Google Anti-Malware Team wrote that Microsoft IIS servers account for 49 percent of all web sites hosting or distributing malicious code. This was based on an examination of approximately 70,000 domains that have either distributed or hosted malware during the previous month. The result of...
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Security solutions often have secondary benefits
- Like all security managers, I work to implement the right tools to defend against specific threats. Sometimes, however, a tool implemented for one purpose might be valuable in other ways. About two years ago, we installed a web filtering application that blocks user access to selected web site categories. The business...
- Blog posts 2007-06-03
- Microsoft announces security bulletin changes
- A Microsoft spokesperson just notified me of planned changes to both the advanced notification service ANS and format of the monthly scheduled Microsoft security bulletins. These changes are worthy of note, but they will not affect the actual information provided -- just the way it is presented.According to the spokesperson,...
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- 25 Mac OS X Vulnerabilities Patched! SuSE Security Updates.
- 25 OS X Threats! There are multiple critical remote code execution and DoS vulnerabilities in Macintosh OS X Version 10.3.9, Server 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and Server 10.4.9 The 25 vulnerabilities are a mix of locally and remotely exploitable threats.Patch links for: 10.3.9 Client 10.3.9 Server Security Update 2007-004 Universal Serucity...
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- An Unintended Consequence of The Fixed Patch Cycle
- Fixed Patch Cycle ThreatsAlthough many of us cheered when Microsoft designated a Patch Tuesday regimen for releasing most security patches, hackers quietly cheered also and we are now beginning to see the unintended consequences of trying to make IT managers lives easier by having regularly scheduled patch days.Stop the patching...
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- How Networking Affects Release Cycles
- A few years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine about the merits of console video games as opposed to PC games. One of the points that came up was that console games generally had to uphold a higher level of quality, simply because once a game shipped,...
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- CRM solutions don't often include IT details, but they should
- Even though IT is integral in implementing any form of full-scale Customer Relationship Management CRM solution, IT departments at opposing companies rarely have anything resembling a synergistic relationship. The reason, of course, is that IT is most often not the customer. We act more as a...
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Has Linux patching surpassed Mac and Windows?
- I would have to sayYes, Linux HAS surpassed both Microsoft and Apple in the updates.The particular example used has zero impact on my own systems, as I DO NOT INSTALL FLASH at all.I also completely disable java and javascript.generally, I compile from sources and remove all support for clientside scripting...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-19
- IT automation in bold, broad strokes
- Automation is keyI read this and was quite excited. Although long and difficult to pull everything out, I think this solution has a definite place in the market. If you are looking for a solution that fits an outsourced model or even the enterprize wanting to look at...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-02
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- Software Updating as a Security Measure: Not a Universal Solution, But Definitely an Important Element
- Everyone is aware of the need for timely updates and patching for the computers, but how can a person be sure it's really making the systems more secure? What would happen if someone skipped one or more patches? In this paper, the author will give the reader all the information...
- White papers 2006-10-17
- On the Effectiveness of Automatic Patching
- This paper studies the effectiveness of automatic patching and quantifies the speed of patch dissemination required for worm containment. The paper focuses on random scanning as this is representative of current generation worms, though smarter strategies exist. The paper finds that even such "Dumb" worms require very fast patching. The...
- White papers 2005-11-11
- Patching or Replacing Your PCs: The business case for upgrading
- When small business managers consider the prospect of replacing older PCs, some make the seemingly frugal and low-risk decision to upgrade on the installment plan. But in reality, patchwork machines can be a nightmare for IT support staff. As Intel® outlines here, when the true costs and benefits of patching...
- White papers 2005-01-19
- Patching or Replacing Your PCs The business case for upgrading older PCs
- When small business managers consider the prospect of replacing older PCs, some make the seemingly frugal and low-risk decision to upgrade on the installment plan. But in reality, patchwork machines can be a nightmare for IT support staff. As Intel® outlines here, when the true costs and benefits of patching...
- White papers 2004-08-30
- IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Patch Management (Level 200)
- Successful security update management is crucial to maintaining computer security at any organization. The listener of this webcast will hear Microsoft IT's experience managing patching with over 330000 devices in a challenging environment. Microsoft IT will share approach, timeline, technology, testing, reporting, and the future as Microsoft IT continues to...
- Webcasts 2008-05-22
- New e-book on Patch Management Technical and Business Fundamentals
- Gartner said it loud and clear: “Over 90% of cyber attacks exploit known security flaws for which a patch is available”. Download your copy of a new e-book, The Complete Patch Management Book: A Technical Exploration and Practical Guide of Patch Management. Authors Anne Stanton and Susan Bradley, well known...
- White papers
- Spread of Spybot.ACYR/Sdbot.worm!811a7027 illustrates lax patching
- CNET News.com reported Thursday, that an updated version of a malicious bot program, called "Spybot.ACYR" by Symantec and "Sdbot.worm!811a7027" by McAfee, is spreading through educational institutions. The malwares resurgence was tied to Symantecs detection of "spike in traffic on port 2967 with activity only in the .edu domain." This...
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Server Security, Patching and Virtualization
- The benefits of virtualization far outweigh the challenges, and the rapid rate of adoption of platforms like VMware proves this to be true. Still, challenges remain. Security patching of servers currently plagues the virtual world much as it does the physical, but presents a slightly unique set of problems. The...
- White papers 2006-12-14
- Provisioning and Patching Your Oracle Environment With Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
- The future of deployment lies not in the ability to rollout software, but also provision systems that constitute services for business processes. This entails a more holistic view of provisioning and patching that encompasses operations across the different software stacks and management of interdependencies among them. This means managing the...
- White papers 2005-09-01
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