Patch management
The ongoing process of finding, testing, and applying software updates across every system you run.
The hard part is never the download. It is knowing what you have, knowing which updates apply, testing enough not to break a line-of-business application, scheduling around the people who need to work, and proving afterwards that it actually landed.
Coverage matters more than speed for most businesses. A program that reliably reaches every machine within a fortnight beats one that patches half the estate in twenty-four hours and forgets the rest.
Where this comes up
Patch management sits inside our cybersecurity and threats work. If you are trying to work out what this means for your own environment rather than in the abstract, that is the page worth reading next, and a short call will get you a straight answer faster than either.