It is a reality every company has to face—that it is easy for hackers to around the world to exploit holes in Windows and other software. IT Security and patch management of systems to enforce security is now one of the top two concerns for IT managers in most organizations. Never before has there been a greater unknown and unpredictable threat to the security and productivity of IT systems.

According to industry analysis, many organizations are struggling to find a solution to ensure their infrastructure is kept at the latest software patch levels in order to minimize the risk of vulnerabilities. It is becoming increasing difficult, expensive and time-consuming to manage the process of releasing security patches in a risk-free way. The reasons include:
An increasing number of patches, with reduced exploitation time
Costs of testing, deployment, recovery
The exposure to risk even before the patches are deployed
Reliability
Regulation

Pugmarks has responded to these issues, in association with Cisco Systems, Microsoft and GoLinkup, by creating a modular Patch Management Service. This is an end-to-end service providing the managed release of patches and upgrades into a user environment reducing risk and with a demonstrable ROI. The solution is modular and flexible offering elements from distribution through to management and testing.
The Pugmarks Remote Patch Management Service brings to you the IT services that are usually found for large companies. Remote corporate customers using any server OS and desktops with Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP as well as Linux operating systems can benefit extensively from this service.

The Pugmarks Patch Management Service enables companies to:
Avoid the cost of building a local area network (LAN) based software distribution vehicle
Diminish the cost of staffing system administrators and help desk personnel.
Benefit internal help desks that support your unmanaged process.

The Pugmarks Patch Management Service options include:
1. Evaluation - to understand current processes and assess vulnerabilities
2. Patching solution - to deliver a robust infrastructure for the delivery of patch releases
3. Protection - to deploy self-learning software to provide protect from the unknown
4. Early warning - to provide advance information on new vulnerabilities
5. Testing - to test new patches for functionality and interoperability
6. Delivery - to reliably and effectively deploy infrastructure patches