Patching: Balancing technical requirements with business considerations With an increasing reliance on subscription models alongside the regular patching of software, updates have become an essential part of modern business practices. However, care needs to be taken to ensure the optimum patching process is implemented Share this item with your network: By Published: 23 Dec 2020 Patching has become a ubiquitous part of modern life, with developers releasing software updates in response to the latest bugs and vulnerabilities in their platform. Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of every month, is when Microsoft, and many other companies, typically release their latest patch. However, blindly installing a patch onto a system without testing it first in a non-production environment could have grave implications, especially where bespoke software is used, due to potential compatibility issues. Patching is particularly tricky for systems that are in constant use and for these reasons, patching is as much a business consideration as it is technical one.