Operating System Patch Management

Assignment $80\%$

In this written exercise you are going to describe, including steps, on how you check for operating system updates$/$patches and how do you implement them. You can select from Windows $10,$ Windows $11,$ MacOS, or Linux for this exercise.

Questions $20\%$

Also complete the following Questions in a separate document:

Describe the difference between a patch and a hotfix.

What type of fixes do patches implement?

How do you determine within your OS$,$ which is the latest service pack installed?

What are the benefits and challenges with patch management?

Describe one third party patch management tool that can be used to manage patch management in your organization.

Grading

Please submit to the gradebook one document that describes your steps. Document file name should be FirstName$-$LastName$-$PatchSteps and a second file with answers to questions as FirstName$-$LastName$-$PatchQ.