SHIELDS UP in bite sized chunks

2022-05-09 05:40

In the list of recommendations, the first two are about limiting user privileges and applying security patches - particularly those included in CISA's list of known exploited vulnerabilities.

You'll need a security partner to provide you with those patches.

Patching is probably the lowest-hanging fruit in the security pipeline - but often patching doesn't get done consistently, even though it is highly effective and easy to implement.

Getting a regular patching cadence going would be the easiest step to following the "SHIELDS UP!" guidance, even if patching is tricky.

Live, automated patching tools remove the need to schedule downtime or maintenance windows because patches are applied without disrupting live, running workloads.

Automated patching - as provided by KernelCare Enterprise, for example - also minimizes the time between patch availability and patch deployment to something that's almost instantaneous, reducing the risk window to an absolute minimum.

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