Managed patch management takes the operational burden of patching off your IT team — ensuring OS, application, and firmware patches are applied consistently, on schedule, and with the testing rigor needed to prevent patch-induced outages.
Unpatched systems are the most common entry point for security breaches. Managed patch management provides the discipline, automation, and documentation that manual patching processes consistently fail to deliver at enterprise scale.
A structured advisory process — from discovery and market evaluation to negotiation and post-deployment optimization — tailored to your specific environment and objectives.
We define the patch policy framework — patching cadence by system tier, testing requirements before production deployment, emergency patch procedures, and the patch compliance metrics that demonstrate regulatory compliance.
We evaluate patch management platforms — Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Ivanti, Qualys Patch Management, Automox, and others — against your OS mix, cloud and on-premises footprint, and automation requirements.
Patches are changes — they require change control, testing, and rollback capability. We design the integration between patch management and your ITSM change management process.
Patch compliance reporting is required for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA. We design the reporting framework that demonstrates patch compliance to auditors with minimal manual effort.
These are the dimensions that consistently separate successful deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM will help you answer before any commitment.
Patch management must cover Windows, Linux, macOS, and container images — plus third-party applications and firmware. Evaluate coverage completeness for your specific OS and application mix.
Patches that cause system instability are worse than no patches. Evaluate the testing cadence — lab validation, staged deployment, canary group — before production patch deployment.
Critical zero-day vulnerabilities require emergency patching outside the normal cycle. Evaluate the emergency patching procedure — decision authority, deployment speed, and rollback capability.
When a patch causes problems, the ability to quickly roll back is critical. Evaluate snapshot-based rollback, package version downgrade, and the time required to reverse a problematic patch.
Cloud workloads require different patching approaches than on-premises systems. Evaluate whether the platform handles cloud-native (EC2, Azure VMs, GCP instances) alongside traditional on-premises systems.
Audit-ready compliance reporting requires evidence of patch status, deployment history, and exception tracking. Evaluate reporting completeness for your compliance frameworks.
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