Top 10 Ways Shavlik Simplifies Patch Management

Some organizations made the decision to use patch management capabilities built into general-purpose configuration management or systems management applications. Unfortunately, these organizations are beginning to recognize that leaving the critical task of patching systems to a “bolted on” tool can result in multiple systems left unknowingly patched and vulnerable, which increases not only an organization’s risk, but also results in failed security audits.

A Gartner report titled "The Patch Management Market: Collision or Coexistence?" states that “Organizations accepting WSUS as ‘good enough’ have significantly higher labor costs for content analysis, testing and deployment.”

In this white paper, Shavlik Technologies highlights the top 10 ways its solutions and products simplify the patch management process, while at the same time accelerating and continuously improving security and compliance readiness.