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Printer Friendly    Text Version  Email Page Patch Management The process of obtaining, testing and auditing improvements to software or hardware. Popularized with Microsoft's “windows update program”. All organizations must put in place a patch management process, because new vulnerabilities are discovered daily. New patches may cause other problems, so they need to be tested before implementing in a “live” environment.

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