The recent successful ransomware attacks – WannaCry in May and Petya this week – point to the large disconnect between IT operations, responsible for endpoint management (including patching), and Security groups, responsible for preventing malicious attacks against the organization.For years, security researchers at Gartner and elsewhere have been pointing out that well over 90% of malicious attacks use common vulnerabilities and can be prevented by keeping system patches up to date.  Yet, the patching process is obviously lacking and failing.

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