[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“During his 10 years as a systems administrator, Mark Allen
handled more patches than he can number. ‘There are too many
patches, too many systems and not enough time,’ Allen said.“Learning by doing and doing and doing, Allen devised his own
best practices for managing security patches. Along the way, he
became a security and patch-management expert and moved from
systems administration to security consulting. Today, as CTO of
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Gibraltar Software Inc., he heads the
development team for the company’s Linux-based Everguard
patch-management system for cross-platform networks.“‘Patching can be a difficult, thankless job,’ Allen said,
adding that these dos and don’ts can save you time and
effort…”