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in the following reports (*):
Modernize Windows and Third-Party Application Patching
Market Guide for Endpoint Management Tools

Action1 helps to discover, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in a single solution to prevent security breaches and ransomware attacks. It automates patching of third-party software and operating systems, ensuring continuous patch compliance and remediation of security vulnerabilities before they are exploited.

Patch management. It’s one of those tasks that nobody wants to do, but it’s essential.

Patch Management products facilitate the downloading and installation of patches provided by operating system and software vendors. The products will also help systems administrators to test a patch in a controlled environment in order to detect any problems.

Your organization should be reducing the time that it takes to patch software and operating systems, as monthly patch cycles don’t address how quickly attackers are moving and the remote nature of work.

Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) is a next-generation approach enabled by new functionality within advanced endpoint management tools. The first, foundational use case for AEM is autonomous patching that accelerates patch deployment and compliance and reduces IT overhead and degradation of DEX.

In our opinion, Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) represents the most significant advancement in endpoint management in over a decade. It has the potential to significantly reduce the effort and time required to patch and manage endpoint devices, while also protecting the digital employee experience.

Action1, an American company based out of Houston, Texas, recently announced the release of their Continuous Patch Compliance feature leveraging automated remediation of security vulnerabilities.

Proper patch management requires your organization to evaluate, test, and approve patches. What’s really going to save your bacon, however, is automating patch deployment. If you haven’t already automated patch pushes, use the threat of ransomware as the political cover you need to make it happen.

Risk-based vulnerability management solutions foster the convergence of risk management and vulnerability management.

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