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Corporates turn to unofficial patches
05 April 2006
Posted by Sean McManus
According to research by security vendor PatchLink, reported at The Register, 45% of global firms would consider using an unofficial patch for a security vulnerability. While firms appreciate the regular patch cycle of firms like Microsoft makes it easier to manage security updates, more than half of those surveyed would like a swifter response to vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. Microsoft has been criticised often for being slow to provide security patches, and increasingly unofficial patches are available before Microsoft's update. IT managers install unofficial patches because they estimate the risk of the flaw being exploited is greater than the risk of installing unofficial software. As firms like Microsoft increasingly sell their software as a service and derive revenues for updates, they will need to be much more responsive if they are to compete with vigilante patches.
# posted by Sean McManus at 9:46 AM 
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