Starting with this week, Microsoft will stop releasing its security bulletins. These were considered a common fixture as the company has been offering them for quite some years now.
In these reports, Microsoft presented the vulnerabilities it had detected throughout the month. It also brought the accompanying patches needed by its customers. These were considered an especially useful feature for administrators in charge of IT operations.
Microsoft First Announced The Demise Of The Security Bulletins Late Last Week
Microsoft first announced its plans of eliminating the security bulletins back in November 2016. However, it was uncertain about its preferred methods. The last Tuesday bulletin was initially planned for January, and its replacement process should have become available starting on February 14th.
However, in February, the company announced that it would be getting rid of that month’s Patch Tuesday. This decision came just a few hours before releasing the update, which also rendered the timeframe null.
As such, Microsoft decided to offer one more month of security bulletins. It did so as this reportedly gave its clients more time to prepare and move to the SUG. This latter is the “Security Updates Guide” which works as a database content portal.
Users can access, sort, and filter the portal’s content according to need. For example, they can filter it according to the patch’s released date, the affected software, or the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier, among others.
The market was keyed in on the lack of security bulletins earlier this week. On April 11th, Microsoft released cumulative updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and several other products.
As it is, the company presented its new SUG site as a way in which admins can “view and search security and vulnerability information in a single online database.”
It remains to be seen how well users will adapt to the new format. The company believes that administrators will adapt to the new system and they hope that the will even find it easier to use.
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