Patch installation needs to be a responsibility of of system or security administrators

​Most of security related issues can be resolved by installing software patches. For example Microsoft releases patches on monthly schedule. Other operating systems have patches too.

Updates are not limited to operating systems. Updates are also available for various software as well.

Some of the applications are available with the operating system, and operating system updates are likely to patch these. However it is possible to install software which is not bundled with an operating system, in this case updates for that software need to be checked separately.

Please be aware that installing updates may cause breakage of functionality, so installing updates is a sensitive process.

Third party tools exist that help to perform analysis and installation of software updates in multiple computers.

Installation of patches is one of the core responsibilities of a system administrator.

A security administrator may tell a system administrator that a specific patch is missing.

Whose responsibility of installing patches needs to be clearly defined, so it doesn’t become a blame game between system and security administrators.

Usually security administrators are responsible for detecting issues and systems administrators are responsible for installing updates.

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