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Introduction

Understand the necessity of timely patching to safeguard systems against vulnerabilities found in third-party software. Learn how publicly disclosed flaws lead to increased risk as attackers develop scanning tools. This lesson emphasizes the importance of rapid patch management to detect and address security risks before they are exploited.

Even perfectly written code entails risk

Let’s pretend that every piece of software that your organization ever writes from here on out is completely perfect. All of your developers are attentive and well trained. Your developers will never write code with a logic error, SQL injection, or cross-site scripting vulnerability. (Don’t worry if you don’t know what these ...