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Safeguarding Your Systems with Next-Gen Antivirus
Why Antivirus Still Matters — And Why It Needs to Evolve The digital threat landscape is growing more complex by the day. Malware, ransomware, phishing schemes, and zero-day exploits continue to evolve, often bypassing traditional antivirus defenses. As attackers [...]
Training Employees to Meet Cybersecurity Compliance Requirements
Why Cybersecurity Training is Essential for Compliance In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity compliance is no longer optional — it’s essential. As threats grow more sophisticated and regulations tighten, organizations are under increasing pressure to secure their systems and protect [...]
The Rise of Biometric Security in the Modern Enterprise
Biometric security has become a critical component of safeguarding sensitive data and controlling access in today’s corporate environment. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, traditional security measures like passwords are proving insufficient. Organizations are increasingly turning to biometric authentication [...]
How Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture Enhances Defense
Understanding the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape As digital transformation accelerates and organizations become more interconnected, the cyber threat landscape grows increasingly complex. Traditional perimeter-based security models, designed for centralized networks, struggle to address the demands of distributed IT environments [...]
The Impact of Ransomware on Customer Trust
Rans The Rising Threat of Ransomware in the Digital Age The ransomware impact on customer trust is a pressing issue that has rapidly moved to the forefront of digital security concerns. As we continue to navigate through [...]
Tailoring Disaster Recovery Plans for Large Organizations
The Critical Nature of Disaster Recovery for Enterprises Imagine the impact of even a single hour of downtime for a major enterprise: according to recent reports, the cost can soar into the millions, creating not only a financial burden [...]
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.
