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SP 800-40 Rev. 3

Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Technologies

Date Published: July 2013

Supersedes: SP 800-40 Version 2 (11/16/2005)

Author(s)

Murugiah Souppaya (NIST), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Abstract

Keywords

patch management; remediation; software patches; information security; vulnerability management
Control Families

Configuration Management; Incident Response; Maintenance; Risk Assessment; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-40 Rev. 3 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
Press Release (other)

Document History:
07/22/13: SP 800-40 Rev. 3