Your business probably has somewhere between 20 pc’s and more. How long does it take to install and test software updates on each of those computers? Plenty of time and energy, especially if the job is being done manually, one at a time, right? Of course, there's more to software updating, or patching, than installation and testing. You also have to deal with and worry about compatibility. What steps are your people taking to prevent the patches from crashing your systems? How are they deploying the solutions to prevent your lines from becoming saturated? And what about integration, do you have a methodology in place to make sure everyone is using the same software today and tomorrow?
At SMSAM SYSTEMS LTD we can take care of your patch challenges. We'll bring a breadth of ideas and tools (MS and other 3rd-party), including automation technology, to your environment to keep your systems up-to-date and running smoothly throughout the years. Installing untested patches, installation of a patch may adversely affect the functionality, performance and vulnerability of your SCADA system or applications software. Non-deployment of a patch could also expose you to potentially serious vulnerability. Your system maintenance staff faces an ever-growing burden due to the sheer volume of patches.
We can simplify your life by offering a holistic approach to patch management - Prevention is paramount to a sustainable patch management strategy.
We use an all-encompassing, holistic approach in dealing with risks posed by third party software patches to our clients. Our risk mitigation starts with prevention rather than post-treatment. We isolate and limit the use of risky third party platform software. Where we use third party software, we limit our interfaces and interactions between our platform and the 3rd party software in a well defined and loosely coupled manner to minimize impact of changes to the third party software on our core software.
The result is an automation platform which is more immune to vulnerabilities posed by third party software, and one that is much easier to maintain its security integrity in response to the sheer number of security patches being issued on a weekly and monthly basis.
