What is Patch management?
Operations, IT, cybersecurity. A plain-English definition for Australian business owners.
Patch management is the discipline of applying vendor security updates to operating systems and applications in a timely way.
The Essential Eight specifies patching cadences (within 48 hours for critical vulnerabilities at higher maturity levels). Effective patch management requires both technical tooling (to deploy patches at scale) and process discipline (to confirm patches actually applied successfully).
In a connected back office this sits with the Operations hub, where Valont runs it support, cybersecurity and cloud systems for Australian SMEs as one team. The full definition set is on the glossary.
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General information, not advice. For how this applies to your business, talk it through with a Trusted Advisor or start with the Business Health Check.