Tag: patching

Choosing your MSP: What the Kaseya incident tells us about third‑party cyber risk

July 14, 2021

Lessons to learn from the Kaseya cyberincident to protect your business’ data when doing business with a MSP. Managed service providers (MSPs) play a critical role in the IT ecosystem. By outsourcing many of their day-to-day IT requirements to these companies, smaller organizations in particular can save costs, improve service levels and focus more resources … More Choosing your MSP: What the Kaseya incident tells us about third‑party cyber risk

Rough patch, or how to shut the window of (unpatched) opportunity

April 19, 2018

Simply throwing more staff at the patching problem won’t cut it, a study suggests. To paraphrase English novelist Jane Austen, it is a fact universally acknowledged that organizations must act with alacrity when it comes to applying software patches to their systems. A number of recent notorious incidents – think the WannaCryptor malware outbreak or the breach … More Rough patch, or how to shut the window of (unpatched) opportunity

Security holes found in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Adobe… Start patching now!

January 13, 2016

By now you should be settled back at work after the holiday break. Are you ready for 2016? I hope you’re sitting comfortably, because from the security point of view it’s bound to be a bumpy ride. Microsoft Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – Patch Tuesday … More Security holes found in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Adobe… Start patching now!