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Update Everything Month~! Software Vulnerability Records

Just glancing through the update literature we see that Windows had started the trend with a record number of patches, then Adobe got into the competition with several programs getting the ‘record number’ treatment. Opera thought that was good publicity and topped the 50 fixes line, then Java gave everyone a good run at the records. All in all, there have been other “Update Everything” months, but nothing like this last two weeks of October 2010.

Set aside the time, and if required, the task force to make certain that every computer in your operation that could ever be connected to any of your digital cinema systems, whether by USB key (moving a security key), or by network, has every piece of software checked for updates. Start with the major ones, especially those listed in this article: Ongoing Security–It’s “Update Everything Month”