IT and security organizations around the world are struggling how to keep the latest patches on numerous hardware and software platforms. From patching, remediation and inventory control to those entities, it is easy to make human resource shortage. Multiple platforms, hot-fixes, and geography compound and complicate the task of securing the network. And, these are just a few of the many obstacles that must be dealt with to repel the estimated 250 new threats, day in and day out.
Patch management can be kind of configuration management which is the process of tracking and approving changes to a system. It involves identifying, controlling, and auditing all changes made to the system. On the point of lifecycle of asset, patch and remediation, configuration management can also be a security solution used to protect trusted system to be free of threats. |