Applying patches may be a basic security principle, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to do in practice.
Vulnerabilities in technology are always being discovered and in response, vendors regularly issue security updates to plug the gaps. Applying these updates – a process commonly known as patching – closes vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Patching can also fix bugs, add new features, increase stability, and improve look and feel (or other aspects of the user experience).
So patching matters for more than just security reasons. It ensures you’re getting most from your IT, and that it’s working smoothly with other people and organisations.
For all these reasons, patching remains the single most important thing you can do to secure your technology, and is why applying patches is often described as ‘doing the basics’. But although applying patches may be a basic security principle, that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to do in practice. Read More
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