The software giant identified four areas where it plans to make improvements over the next 12 months: patch quality; delivering information to its customers; broadening the number of applications supported by its automated update technology; and...
Few organisations have robust systems for distributing software automatically, let alone patching it automatically. The hackers keep getting quicker, so that a patch can provoke a new attack, which is launched before cautious organisations have had...
Gianforte says CRM software has become too complex, which is why it often fails, and its complexity feeds the legions of professional services companies who are required to install the software. Existing business processes should not be automated...
Though the scanning technology will be a part of Windows, SMS can be used to manage the patches as well as keep watch over a company's full inventory of systems. But after some early testing and conversations with customers, Microsoft decided to...
If immediate patching is not possible, Microsoft suggests using its workarounds, he said. The patching rush started in June, when it released 12 bulletins. Monty Ijzerman, a senior manager at McAfee's Avert Labs, said in a statement: "Today...
Businesses should use antivirus software and it keep up-to-date, install a firewall and configure it to restrict traffic coming into and leaving the organisation, and use anti-spam tools to cut down on the volume of emailed malware.