RE: Definitions

["Britton, Jeff B." <JBBritton () LMUS LeggMason com>]

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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