Beyond Windows Patching - Dealing with the New Imperative to Patch Adobe Apple Linux and More

It used to be that patching was synonymous with updating Windows and to a lesser degree, Office. Microsoft has since implemented what is now a routine standard for vulnerability response and, following the course of least resistance, the bad guys have intensified their efforts on a much wider array of software – especially popular products like Acrobat and Flash from Adobe and iTunes from Apple. Or what about system agents from hardware vendors? Then there’s a new layer of software – hypervisors like ESXi and the security critical management applications that control them like vCenter.

That's not to say Microsoft patches are a thing of the past – hardly – we are on track for 90 Microsoft security patches by the end of the year. But while Microsoft follows a predictable monthly patch schedule many other companies don't. "Beyond Windows patching" means other operating systems like Linux, UNIX and Apple operating systems as well as the applications that run on them. Many companies find themselves using multiple platform specific patch management utilities like Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) from Microsoft, RedHat's patch utilities, VMWare's Update Manager, ad infinitum each of which may work well enough for each individual platform but 3 significant gaps remain:

1. Patching 3rd party applications that lack enterprise patch management utilities
2. Ability to exert organization-wide control over patch policy and being able to demonstrate that to auditors and regulators
3. The care and feeding required to run and maintain each platform and vendor specific patch management utility

In this webcast with Randy Franklin Smith and Lumension experts, you will learn how to address enterprise patch management and see a live demonstration of the leading patch management solution.