How automation is easing IT’s patching pressure
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Shrinking exploit windows mean manual patch cycles are now a structural liability, not just a nuisance. CISOs and CIOs should treat patch automation as core infra this quarter—prioritize systems where human approval queues are the bottleneck and push toward policy-driven, auto-remediation by default.
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