All pages tagged with patching
Hardning the Linux Kernel
This 26 page paper explores two approaches for hardening the standard Linux kernel. Address space or memory protection and access control. The author covers several well known hardening tips, including ...
Document added on March 12, 2011Novell Small Business Suite Security Recommendations
The Novell Small Business Suite is a powerful tool for a small business, at a low price. Because small businesses have limited budgets, they have limited capability to install, configure, ...
Document added on May 23, 2011The Oversight of Physical Security and Contingency Planning
In today's ever-changing world of information assurance and network security, it can become extremely difficult to keep up on the latest vulnerabilities,viruses, patches, trends, technology, hacker behaviors and activity. It's ...
Written by: Andy S. Krupa and added on Jan. 1, 2011Managing Linux Security Effectively in 2004
This article examines the process of proper Linux security management in 2004. First, a system should be hardened and patched. Next, a security routine should be established to ensure that ...
Document added on June 21, 2011Using a layered security approach to achieve network integrity
It's becoming increasingly clear that the current model for network security -- defend the perimeter and patch, patch, patch -- has some serious shortcomings. First, relying on signature files and ...
Written by: Eric Ogren and added on March 6, 2011Location Based Windows Patch Management
In order to propagate, both these worms used known security vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, vulnerabilities that at that time were already addressed by Microsoft and fixed by security ...
Document added on Jan. 2, 2011Automating Windows Patch Mngt: Part I
Patch management could easily be called the bane of every administrator's existence, the pain in the rear of system management, or that never ceasing headache that pounds at CIOs everywhere. ...
Document added on May 18, 2011How to handle patch management
"We see people looking for a tool that will solve all their problems, but what you need is a process; it's not just about the tool," says Felicia Nicastro, senior ...
Written by: John Fontana and added on April 1, 2011Patch management with GFI LANguard N.S.S. & Microsoft SUS
Patch management is an essential network administration task and consists of scanning machines on the network for missing patches and deploying those patches as soon as they become available. This ...
Document added on April 9, 2011Security Essentials: Patch Management as a Necessary Part of Defense In Depth a Case Study
The purpose of this policy is to establish standards for the timely and continuous vulnerability scanning and patch management of equipment that is owned and operated by the Institute of ...
Written by: Kay A. Cornwell and added on May 20, 2011