Daily Archives: December 26, 2024

• Time to patch now

  Posted on December 26, 2024 at 13:16 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Today you get a DefCon5 – all clear and patch now for one specific reason and for one specific type of technology. There is one time when I’ll urge you to immediately patch. And that’s today, the day after Christmas when you are finally getting around to setting up and playing with whatever new technology you may have received.

  Today is the day that you’ll want to ensure that your new technology item has no issues getting patched, otherwise it should be returned. That said, on a new computer I recently set up, there can be a situation where an update fails because it’s trying to install an OEM driver update at the same time. I’ve personally seen that OEM drivers will sometimes try to install multiple updates at the same time.

  If you got a new phone, ensure its fully up to date before migrating to it. And don’t forget, don’t turn in that old phone until you’ve fully migrated any two factor applications off the old phone. Some, like the Microsoft authenticator application do not automatically migrate to the new phone. If you do not use the built in password app inside the phone, be patient as you log back in to all of those apps.

  Today – and just today only – for any new technology you just bought for yourself or got from others, patch away and make sure that device patches easily and well. Note for existing systems, I still recommend the more measured and cautious approach.  But for new devices? Let ‘er rip. This will test that all patching systems will work right out of the gate.

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