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Appreciate if can point me to links / URLs on patches to download &amp;&nbsp;availability for<br />
a) MS Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016, &nbsp;7, 10<br />
b) Dell &amp;&nbsp;IBM hardware<br />
c) ESXi Ver 6.1<br />
d) Various Cisco switches &amp;&nbsp;routers (we have 2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx models)<br />
e) EMC VNC &amp;&nbsp;VMAX<br />
f) Solaris x86 on AMD<br />
g) McAfee AV<br />
h) Bluecoat Proxy <br />
i) &nbsp;F5 LTM, GTM Ver 11.7.x
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Appreciate if can point me to links / URLs on patches to download & availability for
a) MS Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016,  7, 10
b) Dell & IBM hardware
c) ESXi Ver 6.1
d) Various Cisco switches & routers (we have 2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx models)
e) EMC VNC & VMAX
f) Solaris x86 on AMD
g) McAfee AV
h) Bluecoat Proxy 
i)  F5 LTM, GTM Ver 11.7.x

Meltdown &amp; Spectre : places to check for patches availability

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

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OS Security

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Network Management

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.

Meltdown &amp; Spectre : places to check for patches availability

Meltdown & Spectre : places to check for patches availability