Patch Management: Keeping Your Web Applications Secure and Up to Date

Web maintenance is one of the most crucial elements that people ignore in today’s fast-paced society dominated by digital technology. This is why patch management is one of the most important steps in such a process. In web apps as well as in large-scale business websites, patch management helps enhance its performance and security by updating the software. At Chaintech Network, we respect the importance of frequent patch updates and their utility in protecting web applications from threats.  

Patch Management: Why does it matter?

According to the sources, about 60% of security breaches are the result of unpatched vulnerabilities. That’s a staggering number! The fact is this: even if your web application is as sophisticated as the latest technology if it is not updated, it is vulnerable.  

Patch management involves the timely fixing of software where necessary for one or more of the following reasons: vulnerability, bugs, and other potential issues that may greatly affect software if not well managed. Patches maintain the health, security, and efficacy of a web application as it pertains to performance.  

Released in 2004, patch management has been the topic of various papers, but none have delineated the key aspects of the process.  

• Security Updates

  More often, security flaws are discovered, and to fix the situation, patches are released. Security updates are a must and make sure to update your security regularly to keep yourself safe from hackers. Do you picture your business being threatened just because of an unpatched bug, which is quite easy to implement?

• Bug Fixes

  No software is perfect. They can cause the PC to slow down, get stuck at a certain point, start freezing, or even crash. This holds because the developers of such applications are always involved in the constant process of patch management that ensures these bugs are well and in an orderly manner.

• Performance Enhancements

  Updates in the software patches also comprise changes that enhance the functionality of the web application. Better patch management also leads to various advantages, such as faster rates of loading, easy navigation, and even better ways of engaging users.  

In the following sections, we will illustrate the measures of how Chaintech Network implements patch management.  

Chaintech Network offers integrative web maintenance and support as well as professional patch management. Here's how we ensure your website is always secure and up to date:  

1. Proactive Monitoring

   This means that your web application is under constant observation to identify any possible security mischiefs, blunders, and deceleration. When updates are released for the bugs, our team quickly deploys these updates, reducing possible hazards and outages.  

2. Scheduled Patch Updates

   A more proactive measure is taken by Chaintech Network, which makes its patch updates recurrent as opposed to crisis-driven. This creates synchronized security and eliminates the possibility of unknown risks, which makes your application secure at all times.  

3. Testing and Quality Assurance

   Just like any other update, we always make sure to perform all the testing necessary to ensure that the patch does not have any negative impact on your application. This ensures that the patching process is not marred by complications as and when it happens, and therefore there is little room for post-patching hitches.  

4. Customized Solutions

   Some of the things that make every web application different include patch management. Our patch management services at Chaintech Network are fully customizable so that every patch that we release is well-suited to your application in both functional and strategic terms.   

Patch management is an important aspect of the current use of computers and their networks since it involves the fixing of vulnerabilities that have been identified in Microsoft products.  

It is quite disastrous not to apply patch updates recurrently. For your information, 34% of the business establishments reported that they have some downtime because they have some unpatched vulnerabilities. This shows that one-third of businesses are wasting both their income and consumers’ confidence because of this negligence. Even worse, there might be critical bugs or security vulnerabilities that could make your website non-functional, thus resulting in loss of data and business. Due to this, the practice of patch management becomes essential in any web maintenance plan. 

Preserve and Enhance with Patch Management of Chaintech Network  

Patch management is not only a technical process, but it is a vital part of Web maintenance and protection. So, by choosing Chaintech Network as your partner, you are not only looking for an effective solution for your current problems, but you are building the future for your web applications. Our team will make sure that your site is patched always, does not have any known security weaknesses, and is running at the highest performance levels.