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Service: Security Advising

ARTICLE | April 24, 2018

For critical systems, “just patch it” is a paradox

The Parallax – Security patches don’t often come wearing gold-sequined tuxedo jackets, but maybe they should. If they did, everybody from consumers to security experts might pay more attention to them, and perhaps have a better understanding of why, when a vulnerability is discovered, “just patch it” isn’t exactly the answer.

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