Tanium Patching for Linux - Lite Touch & Automate - Tanium Tech Talks #128-2

Tanium

May 28, 2025

In this series we look at how Tanium makes Linux patching easier with a consistent workflow and reporting across both #Windows and #Linux by using a single tool.

We will cover three methods:
✅Zero Touch - deploy the latest patches automatically
✅Lite Touch - lock in a change control date for patching and dependency consistency
✅Automate - similar to lite touch with the added benefits of pre/post patching activity and timed phases of deployment with reliability gates

Cache repo meta data snapshots to ensure same patch and dependency versions for change control
Automate phased patching with extra steps before/after while gating reliability with success checks
Unified tooling and reporting across Linux and Windows

Videos in this series:
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch

#informationsecurity #informationtechnology #taniumlinuxpatch

RESOURCES
KB: Effective and Controlled Linux Patch Automation
https://help.tanium.com/bundle/LinuxPatchAutomation/page/KA/LinuxPatchAutomation/LinuxPatchAutomation.htm

Tanium Patch - Windows Zero Touch & Self-Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch

KB: Troubleshooting Dependency Conflicts for Linux Patching
https://help.tanium.com/bundle/TRBLLinuxPatch/page/KA/TRBLLinuxPatch/TRBLLinuxPatch.htm

LOGIN REQUIRED
Tuning Tanium: Linux Patching - How It Works Under the Hood
https://help.tanium.com/bundle/z-kb-articles-salesforce/page/kA07V000000XrRdSAK.html

LOGIN REQUIRED
KB: Create a Red Hat certificate for Tanium downloads
https://help.tanium.com/bundle/RHELCerts/page/KA/RHELCerts/RHELCerts.htm

Docs on Patch for Linux
https://help.tanium.com/bundle/ug_patch_cloud/page/patch/configuring.html#linux

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:50 Why not zero touch?

05:00 Lite touch