Security auditing vendor nCircle Network today announced free priority ratings for patches coming from Microsoft, Adobe, Apple and others, offering IT managers and end users help in deciding what should be fixed first.
Dubbed "Patch Priority Index," nCircle's scoring system is not meant to replace the security update guidance that a company like Microsoft offers, said Andrew Storms, nCircle's director of security operations. But for patches issued by other firms, such as Adobe and Apple, the index will bring some of Microsoft's benchmark-setting practices to fixes that currently aren't ranked.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9159598/
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Dubbed "Patch Priority Index," nCircle's scoring system is not meant to replace the security update guidance that a company like Microsoft offers, said Andrew Storms, nCircle's director of security operations. But for patches issued by other firms, such as Adobe and Apple, the index will bring some of Microsoft's benchmark-setting practices to fixes that currently aren't ranked.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9159598/
