Administrator’s Shortcut Guide to Patch Management – Chapter 2 – Best Practices

Several companies and security patch administrators consider the patching process to be a single step that provides a secure computing landscape. In reality, the patching process is a continuous cycle that must be strictly followed. Each step in the process must be tuned and modified based on previous successes and failures. As many realize, patching computers is a fact of life as part of the defense in depth security strategy. By spending time up front to create policies and procedures, companies can minimize the time and resource requirements needed to fulfill the patching demands. In this chapter, you will read about each step in the patch management process.