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Sorry, mis read, I thought you were referring to non Microsoft applications, not other OS's. platforms.
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Sorry, mis read, I thought you were referring to non Microsoft applications, not other OS's. platforms.

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Apps are wortwhile knowing about too
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Does anyone have a list of FREE tools to verify patch status of the various platforms/technologies in your environment? I know there is MBSA (security analyzer) for microsoft server level products but there must be more tools for other platforms/technologies to help admins verify patch status of there software/technology?
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Does anyone have a list of FREE tools to verify patch status of the various platforms/technologies in your environment? I know there is MBSA (security analyzer) for microsoft server level products but there must be more tools for other platforms/technologies to help admins verify patch status of there software/technology?

Free patch tools

A vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance. Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw. To exploit a vulnerability, an attacker must have at least one applicable tool or technique that can connect to a system weakness, known as the attack surface. Vulnerability management is the cyclical practice of identifying, classifying, remediating, and mitigating vulnerabilities. Other vulnerabilities include security risks, security defects and constructs in programming languages that are difficult to use properly.

Vulnerabilities

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

Network Management involves issues that are independent of specific hardware or software, including email policies, upgrade planning, backup scheduling and working with managed service providers for Desktop-As-A-Service (DaaS), Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and the like through the use of tools, coupled with manufacturer standards, best practice guidelines, policies and procedures plus all other relevant documentation. Network management also includes monitoring, alerting and reporting, management reporting, planning for device or service updates, the backup of configurations, the setting of key performance indicators and measures (KPIs/KPMs), associated service level agreements and problem records as part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework.