According to Cisco's 2015 Annual Security Report, only four in ten IT departments have a coordinated patching strategy in place. The ramifications of this are evident in the rising frequency of enterprise data breaches year-on-year. You've certainly heard it before, but it's worth repeating again: unpatched and out-of-date systems are a leading cause of security incidents.

• What effective patch management entails
• Key concepts and resources for ensuring that systems are free from software flaws and critical vulnerabilities
• How DevOps strengthens patch management