RE: Definitions

From: Britton, Jeff B. (JBBritton_at_LMUS.LeggMason.com)
Date: 09/16/04

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    To: 'Mark Teicher' <mht3@earthlink.net>, security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:01:39 -0400
    
    

    Automated patch management is the ability to manage the deployment of
    patches through an automated tool. HFNetCheckPro is big. It scans a
    machine (usually Windows) and compares the patches it has to what it should
    have. It then asks if the person wants to apply it to a given machine or a
    group of machines. It can also be used to deploy recent patches to your
    environment. With the time and resources it takes to apply one or multiple
    patches to a machine, patch management is becoming a bigger issue in
    security. Good question.

    Jeff Britton

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mark Teicher [mailto:mht3@earthlink.net]
    Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:24 PM
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Definitions

    Since I am fairly new to some of the new definition in Security. I figure
    this would be the place to ask. What does automated patch management mean
    or universal enforcement mean?

    thanks

    /mht

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