The History of Patch Tuesday: Looking back at the first 20 years

One of the most critical aspects of cybersecurity is ensuring that all software is kept up to date with the latest patches. This is necessary to cover any vulnerabilities that cybercriminals could take advantage of in order to infiltrate an organization and launch an attack. With the volume of updates and the effort needed to install and configure them, it is good to know precisely when patches will be released. “Patch Tuesday”, a monthly event where Microsoft releases software patches, started 20 years ago and is still going strong today. Since then, there has been a considerable shift in how...

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