A patch management is the process of identifying, acquiring, installing and verifying patches for software products. In general, patches are meant to fix security vulnerabilities, functionality issues or bugs.
There are various approaches that can be taken for patch management. One common approach is to use a patch management system, which is a software package that automates the process of patching. Another approach is to manually patch each software product.
whichever approach is taken, it is important to have a patch management strategy in place. This strategy should identify which software products need to be patched, how often they need to be patched and what patching process will be used.
