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How Secure Backups Support Business Resilience
Understanding the Role of Secure Backup for Business Continuity Data is the lifeblood of modern business operations, and ensuring its security and availability is non-negotiable. At Alvaka, we recognize the significance of secure data backup in safeguarding your business against [...]
Advanced Tools for Detecting Email-Based Threats
Unveiling the Importance of Email Threat Detection Solutions In the age where digital correspondence is foundational to our operations, email stands as a cornerstone of daily business activity. Right at the heartbeat of organizational communication, email networks circulate countless messages, [...]
Teaching Employees Cyber Hygiene to Prevent Breaches
Understanding the Importance of Cyber Hygiene Employee Cyber Hygiene Training is becoming an indispensable part of securing our organizational infrastructure. As cyber threats evolve and multiply, the security landscape requires that every employee understands the role they play in maintaining [...]
How to Secure APIs Against Ransomware Exploits
Unveiling the Threat Landscape: The Critical Need for API Security Ransomware Prevention API security ransomware prevention has become essential in today's digital era, where ransomware attackers are increasingly targeting APIs to compromise IT systems. APIs have become the backbone of [...]
Securing Legacy Systems with Effective Patch Management
The Critical Importance of Patch Management for Legacy Systems Within the modern business landscape, the term 'legacy systems' seems almost archaic, yet these outdated computing platforms continue to underpin the critical operations of many enterprises. We at Alvaka understand that [...]
Using Network Traffic Analysis to Enhance Security
Understanding Network Traffic Analysis Services Network Traffic Analysis Services are at the forefront of cybersecurity, serving as the vigilant eyes that monitor, capture, and scrutinize every bit of data that traverses an organization's network. These services are essential tools for [...]
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.
