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...impact before they'll rush a patch. He said he's a huge proponent of a beta patch program where Microsoft could release patches rapidly without having to perform 100% regression testing. "In some cases I would most certainly weigh wide... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/02/218841/zert-rekindles-third-party-patching-debate.htm

...party patch." Shimel advises using third-party patches with caution, but said that if suppliers did not release patches quickly enough, the whole responsible disclosure system of vulnerability research falls apart. Raimund Genes... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/06/07/224585/should-you-use-third-party-patches.htm

...to bear on the problem to produce a high-quality patch within a week. It's time to return to that approach. Release patches when they're needed, not when the calendar dictates. Related Tags patch tuesday microsoft patches... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/11/223831/microsoft-should-scrap-patch-tuesday.htm

...blocked without requiring new signatures or updates. Your data remains protected while other vendors scramble to release patches and hotfi xes. 6.6 –Ensure that all Web-facing applications are protected against known attacks by applying... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/238729/Citrix-Solutions-for-Complying-with-PCI-DSS.htm

... Cisco said 80% of vulnerability alerts are coordinated with suppliers of the affected products so that they can release patches or updates at the time of disclosure. "While the overall number of disclosed vulnerabilities is rising, the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/06/233941/More-cyber-attacks-reported-is-a-good-thing.htm

...users to upgrade to version 8.0 without delay. While the latest version fixes the flaws, Adobe said it would also release patches next week for the older, vulnerable versions. Security experts have expressed alarm over the flaws, discovered... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/09/221062/Bug-Briefs-OpenOffice-vulnerable-to-attack.htm

...a malicious link to a .pdf on the Web." While the latest version fixes the flaws, Adobe said it would also release patches next week for the older, vulnerable versions. Security experts have expressed alarm over the flaws, discovered... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/05/221037/adobe-reader-users-urged-to-upgrade.htm

...has died down somewhat since 2003, with most researchers now giving software vendors a reasonable amount of time to release patches before disclosing the details of a given flaw. Yet Microsoft's adherence to the monthly schedule has given rise... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/02/217383/third-party-microsoft-patches-could-get-new-life.htm

...Litchfield writes in the paper. By no means is Redmond doing everything right. They are still too reluctant to release patches outside of the monthly schedule and some of the much-discussed transparency around security that the company's... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/12/04/220311/Oracle-should-heed-report-touting-SQL-Server-security.htm

...the advisory-a-day approach will do much to make vendors more security conscious. "It takes Apple longer to release patches for findings than many other vendors," he said. "Now, explain to me how a month of 'get-root-from-localhost... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/12/221181/month-of-flaw-projects-come-under-fire.htm

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...for implementing the patch. And this year there were some exceptions to this, with vendors taking up to a month to release patches after vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed. Enterprise IT organizations that are not monitoring their endpoints... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bit9-releases-annual-report-on-top-vulnerable-applications-in-2009-79401757.html