Adobe is going in the sequel to indicate how quickly users security patches need to install. The company gives an indication of the impact of the to patch exploits, but customers would make that unclear.
The new system operates with three priorities. ‘Priority 3’-patches are patches that have been installed may be when the users convenience. This class belongs to relatively harmless security holes in products that in the past, not really a target are shown for hackers. The second priority for products that sometimes become a target of malicious attackers, but not the main goal, means that the patch within the month need to be made. Patches which Adobe the first priority given, are critical updates as soon as possible, at the latest within 72 hours, should be applied. Patches for exploits of Adobe’s Flash Player that is already being abused, this category of colleagues.
Adobe determines the priority of a patch by looking to “attack patterns for the relevant products in the past, which platforms are affected, the type of leak and whether potential solutions are present”, says Adobe employee David Lenoe. According to the company’s plays with this new measure in on the biggest question that customers have when a security update is released, namely, how quickly they need to fill.
