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January Patch Grid is Available
Have you ever had questions about whether you should deploy a Windows patch? Does it have any known issues? Well, welcome to the patching chart. Susan Bradley, resident patchaholic, keeps track of...
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Latest PatchGrid Available for Download
Have you ever had questions about whether you should deploy a Windows patch? Does it have any known issues? Well, welcome to the patching chart. Susan Bradley, resident patchaholic, keeps track of...
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Webinar Tomorrow! Building a Layered Ransomware Prevention Solution
With the Ransomware Prevention Kit now in the hands of many IT pros, we’ll discuss considerations when choosing which if the techniques to implement for your clients and Amy will disclose what layers...
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Get Your Patching Information Here
We haven’t mentioned what’s in the patchgrid or why you might want to download this free resource lately. So here goes…the patch grid is a meticulously maintained spreadsheet by Susan Bradley that...
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Building a Ransomware Prevention Solution: Slide deck and notes
It’s 100% my fault that this webinar did not get recorded. We had a little snafu getting Susan’s audio going and in my hustle to get the webinar on track I forgot to hit record. But I’m one of the few...
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Patch Grid for April
It’s patch time gain. Susan puts together this excellent resource for administrators every month. This month there is a particularly annoying update that requires a manual post configuration. Thank...
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3 Ransomware Webinars This Month
Susan and Amy are speaking on Ransomware and Preventing Ransomware from happening on your networks several times this month. If you’d like us to speak to your group just let us know and if we can make...
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Amy and Susan recognized as Visionaries by ChannelPro
It’s a poor dog that can’t wag its own tail is the phrase that comes to mind when it’s time to brag on ourselves. You have to do it once and a while in order to keep going. We’ll get back to our...
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May Patches
The PatchGrid is updated with the May patch recommendations. It’s patch time gain. Susan puts together this excellent resource for administrators every month. And a small gift from Microsoft....
View ArticlePatch Released–PatchGrid updated
This is a special edition of the PatchGrid due to the release of a patch. Microsoft continues to have problems with people not performing the manual steps required after you update WSUS for Windows 10....
View ArticleThe new PatchGrid is here! The new PatchGrid is here!
June and July’s patches have been anything but smooth. But Susan to the rescue. Her information gathering will keep you safe from that Windows 7 slowdown that’s going around or your Hyper-V hosts...
View ArticleSusan Bradley Obtains GSEC Gold Certification Level!
Congratulations Susan! Susan has long been known as the patch-a-holic, amazingly dedicated to the supporting the IT community but did you know that in real-life as she’s fond of calling it, she’s a...
View ArticleMicrosoft makes giant change in patch delivery starting today!
Microsoft knows how much you love the Windows 10 update model so starting today they are switching Windows 7 and 8.1 to the roll up model. Be aware that starting tomorrow there will be a massive change...
View ArticleRansomware Prevention Kit updates
It’s that time again. Back in August we published updates to the Kit that included updated GPO’s, Resources, De-cryption keys, FSRM list, and a sample fake ransomware. Today I’ll be updating the kit to...
View ArticleGet into Susan Bradley’s Ransomware Prevention Class
Susan Bradley, co-author of the Ransomware Prevention Kit and Enterprise Security MVP, is holding a class on ransomware prevention for Penton....
View ArticleDecember Patch Grid is here
Yes there still are patch issues. For example, Excel 2013 send to pdf is broken after security update if you’re using the click to run version. Find out what else is going on. A new patch grid has been...
View ArticleSusan Bradley’s Past, Present and Future of Patching Windows webinar
Susan Bradley is our resident patch-o-holic, builder of the PatchGrid and contributing author of the Ransomware Prevention Kit. She’s presenting a webinar on what you’ll need to know about managing...
View ArticleJanuary PatchGrid Contents
The promise of automatic updates that just happen without problems isn’t quite here yet. Here’s example: Internet Explorer will be separated out from other security patches for the Security only...
View ArticleNo February Patches. Go ahead and take a day off
None the less, Susan has updated the PatchGrid with the latest updates on previous patch issues. You can get your updated copy here. February Security patches on hold...
View ArticleAnother day; Another new Ransomware outbreak
I don’t mean to sound lackadaisical certainly we need to be aware of any new variant in the battle against ransomware. We are continuously reviewing the ransomware prevention kit to see what tweaks...
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