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Subject:    [Pauldotcom] Slow patching process
From:       brian_erdelyi () yahoo ! com (Brian Erdelyi)
Date:       2011-07-07 18:22:38
Message-ID: 2F5DF8C3-08E1-46E5-81F6-91CCA303DB47 () yahoo ! com
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Is your bottleneck in approval or implementation/rollout.

For Windows critical and security updates we use WSUS to automatically deploy to all \
workstations when they are available.  We used to have a tiered deployment that would \
require various approvals.  After getting more comfortable that it doesn't impact \
users we have automated this.  Servers are scheduled during their regular maintenance \
window... critical and security related updates are pre-approved.

We only hold off on IE and java updates as these will break some core business \
applications.

.b

On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:19 AM, k41zen Me <k41zen at me.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> I'm noticing that the security patching process in place is not only slow but \
> getting worse.  
> The latest change requests in place to deploy Adobe patches have been in the \
> "system" for 4 months now and we are still waiting for it to come out the other \
> end. The same can be said for Flash player changes and with CVE2011-2110 staring at \
> me I'm thinking there must be something else than can be done rather than just \
> putting this into the "system" like the others and sit back and wait. 
> I'm wondering what the typical turn around times are for other people. I'm \
> wondering if a different process has been put in place for these types of changes \
> and how much time is typically spent at each stage. 
> Grateful for any insight you can share.
> 
> Regards
> 
> k41zen
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