The Rigged-Up Net

Patching: Process matters

The list of all-too-familiar names – Nachi, Klez, Lovsan, SoBig, BugBear, Swen, Blaster and Yaha – represents only a sampling of the most prevalent worms and viruses that slithered into corporate networks this fall. But they all have one thing in common: Patches were readily available before most damage had been done. So why do these intruders continue to wreak such havoc?