Prioritizing Patches: A Risk-Based Approach

At the end of the day, most decisions in IT Security are risk-based.  You, as an IT Security professional, have to weigh pro’s and con’s and consider what decisions will effectively lower risk while maintaining the business or functional goals for the organization you are protecting.  This article does a good job reviewing that decision making process from the perspective of patch management.

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/prioritizing-patches-a-risk-based-approach/

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