Security News > 2020 > August > What are the benefits of automated, cloud-native patch management?

Could organizations recoup their share of more than $1 billion per quarter by moving away from legacy solutions to cloud-native patch management and endpoint hardening? A new report from Sedulo Group says yes.

The 2020 TCO Study of Microsoft WSUS & SCCM report shows organizations using Microsoft endpoint management for patching and hardening spend nearly 2x as much as organizations using SaaS-based patch management platforms.

The report defines the hidden costs of legacy patching, analyzing several factors that can impact TCO such as the hardware, software, licensing, training, and personnel unique to an organization.

"It's not just operating systems that need to be regularly patched. Almost any piece of software can serve as an attacker's entry point to a network, and each has its own patching or updating mechanism. It's almost impossible for an administrator to learn in a timely manner when one of these apps has become vulnerable, and it's very time-consuming to apply a patch on all instances of an app on the network," Mitja Kolsek, co-founder of 0patch, told Help Net Security.

The report highlights that "Selecting a SaaS-based patch management solution over a legacy provider minimizes the risk of financial impact." Cloud-native patching and endpoint hardening platforms reduce the impact of unplanned expenses and the total cost burden over time while providing greater value than WSUS or SCCM solutions by being able to rapidly deploy patches and easily meet the security needs of hybrod and remote workforces.

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