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December 09, 2003

Patch Management Policy

I hear a lot of debate these days on patch management – it’s a losing battle, patches break my machines, developers should write better code, etc. While I agree that all these statements are true at some level, patch management is still not an area administrators can ignore.

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Andress is president of ArcSec Technologies, a security company focusing on product reviews and analysis, and a member of the Network World Test Alliance. Reach her at mandy@arcsec.com.

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