I’ve often made recommendations about patching your systems. Patching is a simple concept to explain: Keeping all your various digital components (hardware, software, and networking infrastructure) up to date with the most recent versions. However, it can be easier said than done – this is due to the fact that our day-to-day operations have become complex systems that interconnect and intersect in ways that are hard to predict. In this blog post for Avast, I review some of the benefits of timely patching, how to get a patching program established and operational, and some notable failures about patching over the years.