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Educating Employees on Emerging Cyber Threats
Understanding the Importance of Employee Cybersecurity Education Employees are often the first line of defense in a world where cyber-attacks are increasingly sophisticated and frequent. Educating employees on emerging cyber threats is essential for protecting sensitive information, maintaining trust, [...]
Safeguarding Your Business from Email-Based Malware
Recognizing the Threat: The Growing Danger of Email-Based Malware Email has become one of the most critical tools for modern business communication — and one of the most dangerous. As organizations increasingly rely on email, cybercriminals have turned it [...]
The Importance of User Access Controls in Ransomware Defense
Understanding User Access Controls in Ransomware Defense User access controls ransomware prevention has become an increasingly critical aspect of IT management and network services in today’s digital landscape. Ransomware, a type of malicious software designed to block access to a [...]
Meeting Regulatory Requirements Through Patch Management
Understanding the Importance of Regular Patch Updates and Compliance Regular patch updates are a cornerstone of effective IT management, ensuring systems stay secure, performant, and compliant with regulatory standards. Patch management not only protects against known vulnerabilities but also [...]
Empowering IT Teams with Security Best Practices
Embedding Security in IT Management Security is no longer just a checkbox or an afterthought — it is a fundamental part of IT management. In an era of relentless cyber threats and constant digital transformation, it’s essential to integrate [...]
Protecting Your Inbox with Advanced Email Filters
The Importance of Robust Email Security Measures The Necessity of Secure Email Filtering for Businesses Secure Email Filtering for Businesses is not just an added layer of protection—it's a critical defense mechanism in the digital age. At Alvaka, we [...]
You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed by Alvaka after a software patching sequence to ensure that the system is working correctly and to identify any misconfigurations or conflicts within the patched system.
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.
