Securing a SharePoint Farm Using Software Update Services
One of the main drawbacks to Windows and SharePoint server security has been the difficulty in keeping servers up-to-date with the latest security fixes. For example, the security fix for the Index Server component of IIS was available for more than a month before the Code Red and Nimbda viruses erupted onto the scene. If the deployed servers had downloaded the patch, they would not have been affected. The main reason that the vast majority of the deployed servers were not updated was that keeping servers and workstations up-to-date with the latest security patches was a manual and time-consuming process. For this reason, a streamlined approach to security patch application was required ...
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