Keeping Current

One of the biggest complaints or problems facing system administrators today is keeping current with the latest vulnerabilities. With so many identified and noted in various forums, how do system administrators know which ones to address? The same dilemma faces incident response teams. For incident handlers, the situation is often even more complex because they have more operating systems about which to be knowledgeable. How does the team keep current?

Several resources may be used to accomplish this goal. Advisories and alerts provided by other teams and vendors can be excellent tools with which to keep abreast of the latest holes and fixes. CERT CC advisories, in particular, should be monitored closely for alerts of serious ...

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