I am new to the company where I work and responsible for the patch management process, before I started here there was none. Now I have implemented a patch management process, but we have a server ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

Next to random Windows problems and day-to-day systems management, I find patch management the nastiest task for an enterprise Windows systems admin. It’s often frustrating, time-consuming, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...

Microsoft has patched 112 vulnerabilities in January 2026, including CVE-2026-20805, a Desktop Window Manager zero-day that ...