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The Importance of Patching Non-Microsoft Applications

In the past, organizations patched only Microsoft operating systems and as time passed, the need to patch applications such as Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities became obvious, and organizations responded. However, in the recent years, third-party applications have become the primary attack vector for new malware. Organizations haven’t been as quick to adopt the need to apply security updates to these applications. Many organizations are at an inflection point where addressing these security threats is no longer optional. View this report which is a brief summary of research findings that should be considered when determining whether organizations can accept the risk of relative inaction regarding third-party application patching.

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