An organization has recently completed a security risk assessment and discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities. Which approach would BEST ensure that newly released patches are applied quickly while causing the least disruption to day-to-day business operations?
Require system administrators to install patches manually every two weeks.
Apply patches only during the end-of-month maintenance window.
Deploy every vendor patch as soon as it is released, without any scheduling.
Use an automated patch management solution that schedules deployments during off-peak hours.
Automated patch management platforms can identify missing patches, test them, and then schedule deployment during predefined maintenance windows or off-peak hours. This provides the speed needed to remediate vulnerabilities quickly while avoiding downtime for users. Manual bi-weekly patching, unscheduled immediate roll-outs, or waiting until the monthly maintenance window either leave systems exposed for longer or increase the risk of interrupting business-critical services.
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