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Discover 5 patch management best practices for 2023.

Some patch management systems use CVSS scores, while others incorporate other metrics and evaluate a vulnerability against how much risk it poses to a specific business or application.

Some try to manually deal with all the vendor patches that come their way, but this ties them up in knots as they must test each one, figure out the best sequence of deployment and time the patch delivery to avoid overwhelming the network.

The vendor takes care of prioritization, testing, patch rollout and the verification of a successful patch.

Don't test a patch on your own machine: If it crashes, you may be locked out of your device for hours and unable to stop a rogue patch from broader deployment.

Look for patch management systems that allow you to uninstall patches and roll back systems.

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