This Is Why I Founded trackd
Today, we’re releasing something we’re calling AutoPilot (only because we couldn’t think of anything more clever). At first glance, it’s a basic upgrade to our auto-patching rules engine, offering an additional variable for IT operators to account for when determining whether or not to designate a patch for auto-update.
trackd Releases First Ever Vulnerability Remediation Rules Engine that Leverages Historical Patch Disruption Data
AutoPilot leverages patch disruption data that no other vulnerability scanning or patching product has. When a user applies a patch with trackd’s platform, trackd records whether or not that patch caused a disruption, so trackd has an ever-expanding database of applied patches and their disruption histories.
A Faster Horse
Today, those in vulnerability management often create development environments (aka sandboxes) to test whether or not new patches will cause disruptions on their networks…just like they’ve been doing for 3 decades. Which leads to only one conclusion: ARPA-H is funding an effort to build a faster horse.
Why Patches Fail. Episode 3: End of Life-ed (EOL)Software
…organizations deploying End of Life software were 3.7 times more likely to suffer a claim in 2022
June’s (2024) Microsoft Patch Tuesday Damage Report
Some minor disruptions have been reported, mainly with Fortinet FSSO, two reports of MSFT Key Distribution Center service failing to start causing authorization failures, and AuthLite breaking if not running 2.15.16 before installing.
The Ultimate Guide to Patch Management for MSPs
Patch management is not just a best practice; it is an essential aspect of MSP operations. Failing to regularly patch systems and applications can leave your clients vulnerable to cyberattacks, data breaches, and system failures.
How to Patch Vulnerabilities: A Comprehensive Guide
Leaving vulnerabilities unpatched can expose organizations to significant risks. Attackers actively search for known vulnerabilities to exploit, and exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities is a common technique. Such attacks can result in data breaches, financial losses, reputational damage, and legal liabilities.
Why Patches Fail
In this blog series, we’ll look at some of the more mundane – albeit common and operationally-significant – reasons patches fail.
MSP Patch Management: The Delicate Balance Between Operational Risk & Security Risk
The only thing better than learning from your own mistakes is learning from the mistakes of others. At trackd, we have come up with a radically simple but elegant solution to help organizations differentiate between the 98% of patches that are necessary and safe, and the 2% that will have your clients calling you on the weekends.
Providing Cybersecurity to the Underserved, and Building a Business by Doing So
At trackd, our free users are essential to our business plan; we literally can’t deliver the unique solution we’ve designed without them.
