Patch management : automation and challenges

Automation

1.Severity

2.Patch or interim solution

3.Automated notification

4.System entry

5.Consideration

    + Applicability

    + Tracking mechanisms

    + Change records

    + Verification

    + Documentation

 

Challenges

1.Standardization 

2.Collaboration

3.Scalability

4.Testing

5.Multiple Time Zone

6.VM suspension and snapshot