3rd party application patching tools for Windows

[j2mccluggage at adelphia.net (Jody & Jennifer McCluggage)]

Hello everyone,

 

A few episodes ago Carlos made the excellent observation that many
organizations do not have a centrally controlled automated strategy for
patching 3rd party (non-Microsoft) applications on Windows.  He correctly
pointed out that Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS does not patch 3rd party
applications.  As late as last year, the number one application attack
vector was Office.  But according to one recent survey, this year the number
one application attack vector were made up of some ubiquitous Adobe products
(probably not a surprise to anyone here) so obviously patching only
Microsoft products is no longer a viable solution.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations of any products (commercial or open
source) that are appropriate for small to mid-size organizations that can
centrally deliver approved 3rd party application patches to Windows
machines?

 

Thank you,

 

Jody

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