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?
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.
Require system administrators to install patches manually every two weeks.
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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