Cyber security professionals report significant challenges in effectively prioritising critical updates for vulnerability patch management. The Ivanti 2025 Risk-based patch prioritisation report notes that a lack of industry standard ratings leads to isolated recommendations that confuse prioritisation efforts. Many professionals rate all influencing factors of patch urgency as high or moderate, resulting in a situation where everything is prioritized, and as a result, nothing is truly managed as a priority. A risk-based approach is suggested as necessary, emphasizing management of distinct remediation tracks for various types of updates.
Cyber security professionals facing vulnerability patch management find that describing all updates as critical is unsustainable, resulting in difficulties in prioritising effectively.
The lack of industry standard ratings for vulnerabilities and patches forces users to compare updates based on isolated recommendations, leading to confusion.
Despite various factors influencing patch prioritisation, many cyber professionals report that when everything is deemed a priority, nothing truly is prioritized.
A risk-based approach is needed for patch prioritisation, focusing on routine maintenance along with prioritising common, actively targeted applications.
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