What Is Cloud Patch Management?

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In 2017, a major American credit bureau suffered one of the largest data breaches in history. A vulnerable instance of the Apache Struts web framework that had a critical patch released over two months prior.

Identify potential patches, upgrades or other remediation methods for endpoints running vulnerable software, keeping in mind that upgrading one piece of software might require upgrading others.

While identifying vulnerable software might seem like the most difficult aspect of patch management, the real challenge is actually fixing those vulnerabilities. https://orca.security/resources/blog/remediating-cloud-risks-using-gpt3/ a vulnerable piece of software can happen in one of three ways: upgrade, isolate or eliminate.

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